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Covid Spreading at an Alarming Rate
Where it is originated from? In December 2019, Covid appeared in a seafood market located in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province. Researchers traced back to the first patient and he did not come into contact with the seafood market. Up until now, the...
A Look Back: New York’s Learning-by-Doing Response to a Pandemic
With thoughts of the latest pandemic on so many of our minds, it can be useful to look to history for context and reassurance as we try to understand our current predicament. Often, it is easy to become lost in a vague picture of the developing world as the sole...
Covid: Calling All Heroes
Language’s fix to a world problem In dedication to Dr. Li Wenliang As a sudden outbreak with untold global health implications, the 2019 Coronavirus exemplifies a crisis scenario where the quality and character of the immediate response has the power to shape future...
The New Science of Arthritis
What is Arthritis? “Arthritis” does not refer to one single disease, but multiple joint pain or joint diseases. Arthritis is one of the leading diseases that causes physical deformities and disabilities. There are more than 100 different types of arthritis that affect...