October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is why this month we are discussing the importance of getting an annual checkup done. Throughout the pandemic, many women have felt the doctor’s office is the last place they want to go. Many women have put off their annual checkups for fear of getting sick from going to the one place where all sick people gather. It has … [Read more...]
Tough Things To Talk About: What’s Happening in Afghanistan?
The relationship that the United States has with Afghanistan is complicated to say the least. It has been nicknamed “America’s longest war” by many. It started in 2001 after the terrorist attacks on 9/11 by Al-Qaeda. Today, Afghanistan has been taken over once again by the Taliban after the United States spent trillions of dollars at war and many American military personnel … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: One Year After the George Floyd Black Lives Matter Protests
It’s been a year since last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests that were sparked by the murder of George Floyd. The trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who knelt on the neck of Floyd for over nine minutes, came and went, and he was found guilty of Floyd’s murder. In the last year, there have been many police reforms across the country. The George Floyd Justice in … [Read more...]
Tough Thing to Talk About: Bringing Awareness to Childhood Cancer Through Sebastian’s Eyes
In May 2020, after months of visiting doctors for symptoms like throwing up and getting diagnoses that it was “nothing to worry about,” Elisabeth Davila became exhausted and took her son, Sebastian, to Nemours Children’s Hospital. Due to the pandemic, Elisabeth had to enter the hospital alone with her son and wait to find out why he kept throwing up. “The emergency room … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: How to Ease Back Into a Pre-Pandemic World
This past year has been very difficult for many, and while the pandemic is still very much a worry, there are positive signs that it will soon come to an end. The three vaccines approved in the United States – Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson – are helping reduce death and severe illness from COVID-19, and the cases are very slowly decreasing across the nation. … [Read more...]
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