Divya Srinivasan is an undergraduate student. Tejas Sekhar is a graduate student. 

A look into the safety of children products following baby formula recalls

Conditions
February 12, 2023

We previously reported about the national baby formula shortage that began in February 2022 and lasted for several months, affecting countless infants, parents, and caregivers and intensifying distress amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, these supply chain disruptions were largely exacerbated by the novel coronavirus for numerous industries, including the food and infant care sectors, thereby further compounding the already precarious situation. As a result, these industry-wide shortages …

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A look into the safety of children products following baby formula recalls

Why the baby formula shortage happened

Policy
June 29, 2022

By the end of April 2022, nearly 40 percent of the country’s baby formula ran out of stock, leading to a major baby formula shortage in the United States. The plummeting availability of baby formula has left parents and caregivers anxious as they struggle to feed their infants, since roughly 75 percent of babies in the U.S. receive at least some formula …

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Why the baby formula shortage happened

Help stop health care burnout

Conditions
June 13, 2022

The landscape of medicine and health care is constantly changing. With the integration of electronic medical records (EMR) and other technological advances, physicians and health care providers must be much more adaptable than ever before and possess unprecedented levels of technical literacy in the field.

The modernization of health care has been a driver of burnout, defined as “the constellation of symptoms that occur when your energy account …

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Help stop health care burnout

What you need to know about monkeypox

Conditions
June 4, 2022

Recently, several European countries have reported outbreaks of monkeypox following the first case (index case) reported in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2022, linked to a traveler from Nigeria. Monkeypox belongs to a family of other pox-like viruses and is a rare viral disease characterized by flu-like symptoms and a blistering rash that typically begins on the face and spreads to other areas of the body. …

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What you need to know about monkeypox

The Buffalo mass shooting and food deserts

Policy
May 26, 2022

On May 14, 2022, ten people were fatally shot with three injured at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, NY, constituting the second most deadly mass shooting this year at the time of writing. As the number of mass shootings and fatalities continues to climb each year with alarming frequency, researchers and policymakers have sought to examine the factors contributing to an increased incidence of deadly domestic terrorist …

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The Buffalo mass shooting and food deserts