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Bridging the Gap: Physician Shortages and Burnout in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Introduction The COVID-19 Pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge for U.S. hospitals and the healthcare industry. While the heroic efforts of healthcare's essential workers were widely celebrated, the pandemic also revealed the

Sreya Ravi

7 min read

COVID-19

Examining the U.S. Response to Covid 19: An Externalities-Based Approach

This article analyzes the United States' response to the pandemic, emphasizing the public policy initiatives launched to confront externalities linked to COVID-19.

Jay Patel

11 min read

Global Health

"A Bitter Pill to Swallow”: How Healthcare Commodification Drives Inequity and the Growing Case for a Universal Healthcare System

Healthcare commodification and privatization are escalating in the United States. As healthcare premiums continue to soar while return on investment seems to diminish, the discussion of reforming our healthcare system is of much contention.

Aidan Lee

9 min read

Development

How COVID-19 Has Affected Equitable Education in Turkey

The COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed many industries, but one of its biggest effects was the effect it had on education. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the pandemic has

Arman Ashaboglu

2 min read

COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 on the Exploitation of Immigrant Workers in the United States

An immigrant worker can be a Dominican sewing machine operator, a Russian constructor worker, or a Bulgarian meat processor. Yet, what these three workers have in common is that as immigrant workers, they

Haily Rosario

5 min read

COVID-19

Effect of the global vaccination on economic recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic was the greatest threat to prosperity and well-being the world economy has ever experienced. We can observe it on the example of the US (Figure 1): GDP growth rate in

Ardana Izimova

3 min read

Harvard

The Effect of Covid-19 on Economic Inequality

A demonstrator calls attention to income inequality during the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York several years ago. Photo: Mat McDermott (CC-BY)Today, the magnitude of the economic inequality present in the

Osahon Tokunboh

4 min read

Harvard

Vaccine Nationalism and Inequities in the Global Vaccination Campaign

Officials of Jalandhar Civil Hospital hand over the vaccine to the staff of community health centres. (Credit: Sarabjit Singh/Tribune India). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.As of May 1, 2021, India

Ibrahima Diagne

4 min read

Berkeley

Africa and Its Struggle in the Quest for Vaccination

Since the introduction of COVID-19 in late December of 2019, COVID’s rampant spread has locked down families, communities and global economies. With a host of problems ranging from vaccine procurement to administration, Africa’s vaccination effort is in dire need of assistance.

Ethan Soe

6 min read

Harvard

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy

Image credit: Wyeth Nutrition Science Center The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our macro-level societal functions and our micro-level personal lives cannot be understated. The pandemic has brought serious — and perhaps

Osahon Tokunboh

5 min read

Harvard

Pregnancy during a Pandemic: Covid-19’s Pronounced Effect on Women’s Health in Southeast Asia

Over the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed over half a million lives in the United States alone. While resources such as personal protective equipment and vaccines are a step in the

Noor Baig

3 min read

Harvard

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: What Covid-19 Tells Us About the History of Racialized Medicine

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports as of March 15, 2021, race and ethnicity is known for about 53% of individuals who have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine

Kyla N Golding

4 min read

Harvard

The World Needs a Vacation: How Covid-19 Created a Crisis in the Global Tourism Economy

In Seychelles, a group of islands off the coast of East Africa that serves as home to just under 100,000 people, tourism comprises around 60% of the country’s 1.7 billion

Lara Dada

3 min read

Harvard

Unmasking the Impact of Covid-19 on Single-Use Plastic Consumption

Plastic usage has been on the rise with annual production now towering over 368 million metric tonnes, and single-use plastic (SUPs) production makes up approximately half of this huge figure (1). Despite a

Rachel Greenwood

3 min read

Cambridge

Preventing the next pandemic

With a glance at the epidemiological data reflecting recent trends in the incidence and distribution of disease, the COVID-19 pandemic was distressingly easy to predict.

Anna Govett

3 min read

NUS

Mass Transit after COVID-19

Importance of transit systems Mass transit services serve millions of people by bus, train, and rail for work, education, and business purposes, among others. Throughout history, a reliable and accessible means of public

Kenny Lee

4 min read

COVID-19

A Perspective of COVID from University Students

In this podcast, we discuss COVID's ongoing evolution and implications from the perspective of university students.

Mujtaba Najeed

1 min read

Columbia

Effective Practices for Nonprofits Considering a Split from Physical Office Space

By now, it’s evident that COVID-19 has upset regular practices of work, forcing whole organizations to work from home. Yet before COVID-19, physical workspaces were often seen as a liability for nonprofit

Beatrice Shlansky

4 min read

Technology

Telemedicine: From Face-to-Face to Interface

The re-energized advent of telemedicine has opened doors to additional opportunities that will not only reduce exposure to COVID-19 and mitigate strains on hospital systems, but also expand access to healthcare and improve overall health outcomes for years to come.

Irene Quan

3 min read