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"“It is health that is the real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver.” 
–– Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 

THE INTERTWINED ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AND COVID-19 AND WHAT CAN BE DONe to help

September 2, 2020 // Shira Burns and Frankie Stavro // Homelessness, COVID-19, Policy
Walking through the streets of San Francisco or Oakland, California, one is guaranteed to encounter homeless citizens sleeping on park benches ...

How Virtual Reality is becoming the new reality for healthcare

August 17, 2020 // Hwa-Jin Kwak // VR, Virtual Reality, Tech, Hospitals, Healthcare
Starting in 1968, Virtual Reality became a real concept, mostly dedicated for entertainment purposes. As of today, one of the most common ways to use Virtual Reality (VR) is to play games. However, there has been an ...

WHAT IS THE HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

August 3, 2020 // Hwa-Jin Kwak // HIPAA, Health, Hospitals, Privacy
The HIPAA act was introduced more than 20 years ago to help protect patient privacy and increase security. Patient privacy has been an issue ...

OP-ED: HOW NEW REGULATIONS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION UNDERMINE TRANSGENDER HEALTH

July 18, 2020 // Shira Burns // LGBTQIA+, healthcare, transgender regulations, ACA
The Trump administration recently passed a law that would remove anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQIA+ people when it pertains to ...

HOW PRISONS BECAME HOTSPOTS FOR COVID-19 AND WHAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CAN DO ABOUT IT

June 24, 2020 // Tomoni Majarucon // COVID-19, CJS, prison system, preventative measures
With the rapid outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease in 2019 (COVID-19), the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in the United States of America has chang...