Public Health

Gender-Affirming Healthcare: Life-Saving Treatment for Trans Youth

In recent months, multiple states, including Texas, Alabama, and Arizona, enacted legislation that seeks to significantly limit access to—and, in some cases, criminalize—the practice of gender-affirming healthcare, especially for trans youth.  These developments raise questions as to how we address legislation that is in complete opposition to medical standards of best practice. A preponderance of […]

Public Health and Pandemics, the wake-up call for cooperation?

Are We Ready for Future Pandemics? In a speech on the eve of the Paris Agreement in 2015, then-US President Barack Obama recognized the need for a better international cooperation structure for possible pandemic control and prevention. He warned that there may be a time “in which we have an airborne disease that is deadly, […]

I Understand Your Concerns, But Let’s Get Vaccinated

Illustration by Ishita Khanna Dear Skeptic, I’m writing to you because I understand why you—and so many others—are doubting the COVID-19 vaccine. I’m writing because I think that I can convince you to take it anyway. And most importantly, I’m writing because I think that scientists must address your worries rather than brushing them off […]

Why Colleges Staying Open is Still the Right Move

Extensive research demonstrates that COVID-19 does not pose a serious risk to most students. Responding to recent upticks in COVID-19 cases among young adults, colleges nationwide have renounced their intentions to house students for the fall semester. Of colleges that re-opened, many have reverted to online learning following campus outbreaks. These decisions, while seemingly understandable, […]

Abortion Rights in Crisis: The Rise of Crisis Pregnancy Centers in America

NU Sexual Health, Advocacy, Resources, and Education (NU SHARE) works on Northeastern’s campus to protect bodily autonomy and to provide students with accurate information regarding all aspects of sexual and reproductive health. As NU SHARE, we stand firmly against CPCs and their direct challenge to the right of individuals to make informed medical choices about […]

Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD): Schistosomiasis

END7 at NU is a budding student group at Northeastern that is in the process of becoming official. END7 at NU is a chapter of the larger nonprofit, END7, which is working to eliminate seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the year 2020. One in six people in the world are living with NTDs, which […]

Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD): Ascariasis

END7 at NU is a budding student group at Northeastern that is in the process of becoming official. END7 at NU is a chapter of the larger nonprofit, END7, which is working to eliminate seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the year 2020. One in six people in the world are living with NTDs, which […]

Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD): River Blindness

END7 at NU is a budding student group at Northeastern that is in the process of becoming official. END7 at NU is a chapter of the larger nonprofit, END7, which is working to eliminate seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the year 2020. One in six people in the world are living with NTDs, which […]

Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD): Whipworm

END7 at NU is a budding student group at Northeastern that is in the process of becoming official. END7 at NU is a chapter of the larger nonprofit, END7, which is working to eliminate seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the year 2020. One in six people in the world are living with NTDs, which […]

Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD): Elephantiasis

Introduction to END7 END7 at NU is a budding student group at Northeastern that is in the process of becoming official. END7 at NU is a chapter of the larger nonprofit, END7, which is working to eliminate seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the year 2020. One in six people in the world are living […]