By Chino Kieran Eke In the United States, there are approximately 5.8 millions Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease. This disease causes the slow loss of mental faculties, including memory, critical thinking, and the ability to carry out simple tasks. While the disease principally affects individuals […]

By Zsombor Gal In 2018, the World Health Organization counted nearly 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer in addition to 310,000 deaths worldwide. Roughly 90% of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where screening and treatment programs are not as readily available as […]

By Madeleine Winter Within the past decade, there has been a significant resurgence of measles outbreaks in the United States. Between January 1 and March 14 of 2019, the CDC reported 268 individual cases of measles in 15 states. In 2018, the CDC reported a […]

By Nathnael Mengistie According to the International Labor Organization, human trafficking is the act of controlling or exploiting a person for sex, labor, or other services through fraud, force, or coercion. This grave human rights violation affected an estimated 20.9 million or more individuals worldwide […]

By Shaffin Siddiqui On November 25 of 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced one of most seminal  and controversial moments in the history of genetics: the birth of the first genetically-edited babies. According to an early report by the MIT Technology Review, the two twins, […]