The Loosening of COVID-19 Restrictions

Otobong Udofia • April 8, 2021

This change in policy demonstrates how leaders have to balance the public’s desire to return to normalcy (e.g. more students in-person) with the ever-present dangers of COVID-19 (e.g. the possibility of mass transmission of the virus).

Digital COVID Passports Are Coming Soon

Myles Shin • April 8, 2021

While many people do have pictures of their COVID-19 vaccination cards on their phones just in case, there has been an alarming rise of the production of illegal, fake vaccination cards for people who do not believe in getting a vaccine, or even COVID-19 itself.

mRNA vaccines: The Savior to Future Pandemics?

Hongkai Wang • April 3, 2021

Among the three vaccine providers, both Pfizer and Moderna utilized a brand new form of technology known as mRNA vaccines, while J&J opted to develop a traditional viral vector vaccine.

Brain Fog: Myth or Symptom You Have

Alina Yu • March 22, 2021

Amongst the lingering side effects of Covid-19, multiple patients have reported feeling fuzzy or foggy in thinking, now termed “brain fog.” In past non-pandemic years, brain fog has been studied as a compilation of symptoms from reduced cognition and an inability to concentrate to loss of memory.

My 24-hour Experience with Vanderbilt’s Isolation Protocols

Cassidy Johnson • February 28, 2021

It’s widely known that if a student living on-campus tested positive for the virus, they will be moved to a specially designated quarantine dorm. Other than that, not much else is known about what COVID-19 housing procedures look like.

Ketamine: An Unlikely Candidate for Mental Health Treatment

Ben Wilson • November 17, 2020

After society gradually begins to return to “normal” and the most pertinent threats of this virus are neutralized, there will likely be many individuals seeking treatments for mental health disorders which either arose or worsened during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A 2020 Sick Day: COVID-19, the Flu, or the Common Cold?

Calla Reed • October 27, 2020

So, what are the differences between influenza, COVID-19, and the seasonal Common Cold? What are the similarities?

Climate Change, Zoonosis, and Epidemic outbreaks: Disease Outbreaks as the New Normal

Calla Reed • September 23, 2020

Zoonotic diseases, infectious diseases that exist naturally in an animal population and mutate to become viable in the human population upon close contact, have been the cause of history’s most impactful pandemics.