{"title":"Monkeypox, A New Pandemic?","authors":"Saachi Jain","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2022.10.00117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2022.10.00117","url":null,"abstract":"On July 23, 2022 a new, rapidly spreading, and severe disease was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). Monkeypox, of unknown origin, has nearly infected an extraordinary 65,000 people globally in just the last five months. With daily life only just recently returning to a pre-COVID cadence due to the remarkable development and distribution of vaccines, we must consider whether it is too early to celebrate with another potential pandemic on the way.","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124479294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Harmful Environmental Impacts of Disposable Masks","authors":"Saachi Jain","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2022.03.00090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2022.03.00090","url":null,"abstract":"Every month approximately 129 billion disposable face masks are used and discarded; that is 4.3 billion masks a day. Masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) have been an integral part of keeping us safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, but are they doing more harm than good?","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122233663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19–Induced Global Food Insecurity: A Hidden Syndemic","authors":"E. Dean","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.12.00075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.12.00075","url":null,"abstract":"After being declared a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020, COVID-19 became the nucleus of our world. News outlets relentlessly produce daily reminders of the rise in cases and mortality worldwide, littering headlines with the word “death.” Even in the past months, death continues to be a major focus concerning the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124558785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"759,000 Americans Dead. Who is to Blame?","authors":"Liam Dekel","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.12.00074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.12.00074","url":null,"abstract":"Seven hundred and fifty nine thousand people (Elflein, 2021). Friends, family, and strangers all over the United States have died from COVID-19. One can blame many things, but personally, I blame America’s horrible healthcare system that supports the rich and drives a double-decker bus over the poor. In a time when people are coming back together while COVID is still running rampant, what we need is a secure healthcare system that can protect our families and friends.","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129405244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Solution to Hunger and Food Wastage Using a Technology-Facilitated Social Supply Chain","authors":"Ria Mirchandani","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.11.00073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.11.00073","url":null,"abstract":"In 1624, the English poet John Donne poignantly wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself; everyman is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; … And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee (Donne, 1624).” Humans are intricately connected. Our actions impact each other in a chain reaction that can span geography and time, as evident from pandemics and global warming as well as the disparate distribution of food, education, wealth, and other resources. Donne’s words serve to remind us that we cannot be immune to the suffering of others caused by this disparity of resources.","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126474384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phage Therapy: A Potential Solution for Antibiotic Resistance","authors":"Chirag Choudhary","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00071","url":null,"abstract":"The idea of using a virus to kill bacteria may seem counterintuitive, but it may be the future of treating bacterial infections. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most frightening biological agents were so-called “superbugs” – antibiotic resistant bacteria – which could not be treated with conventional therapeutics. When antibiotics were first developed, they were hailed as a panacea. A panacea they were not.","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116059176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Socio-Psychological Problems of Infertility","authors":"Yiwei Zhu","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00070","url":null,"abstract":"Infertility, defined as a couple’s inability to naturally conceive after 12 months of unprotected sex, is a complex problem that extends beyond its biological definition (Jing et al., 2020). Infertile women not only shoulder the burden of an invasive and expensive physical treatment (IVF costs $12,400 per cycle in the USA) but also pressure from spouses, family members, and many other social commentaries, expanding infertility to a social problem (Sternke & Abrahamson, 2015).","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"163 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115623165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global Health Security: Being Prepared for the Next Outbreak","authors":"Jaehyun Jeong","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00069","url":null,"abstract":"In 2015, Bill Gates predicted that the next global disaster would not be a war, but a disease. And over the past year, that unimaginable scenario has become a dreadful reality as we all grapple with the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our lives. However, some countries have had notable success controlling the pandemic where others have failed. Why is it that countries had such disparate outcomes with the pandemic?","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114808863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Global Misdiagnosis of ADHD and the Devastating Long-Term Effects","authors":"Avisha Garg","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00068","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most globally prevalent neurobehavioral disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), affects approximately 6.1 million children in the United States alone (CDC, 2020). It was found that childhood ADHD cases from 2003-2011 increased by 42 percent, resulting in questions about the validity of diagnosed cases (NIH, 2017). Furthermore, when compared to other countries, the United States shows an alarmingly high prevalence of ADHD cases in children.","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116615025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Disease Called Poverty: The Sickness Dismantling Global Health Equity","authors":"Leigh Foran","doi":"10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51627/pghr.2021.08.00067","url":null,"abstract":"HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria are considered the “big three” infectious diseases in global health. These illnesses alone account for nearly 3 million deaths every year, ravaging communities and countries around the world (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2021). While this number alone is staggering, it is even more notable to observe exactly who is getting sick from these diseases. 95% of all AIDS victims, 98% of the world’s TB cases, and over 90% of the deaths from Malaria occurred in developing countries (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2021).","PeriodicalId":310759,"journal":{"name":"The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131792511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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