Rachael Rudis is a middle school social studies teacher. She was named Williamsburg-James City County 2021 Rookie Teacher of the Year and VA History Day 2022 District 6 Teacher of the Year. (handout) In a post-COVID world, the most-discussed educational issue has been learning loss. NPR notes that students may have missed as much as … Read more
In 2019, Indiana ranked 42nd for overall mental health in the US LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Indiana Behavioral Health Commission has released its findings, following two years of research, in a report detailing the state’s mental healthcare system, recommending “systemic reform” take place. The Indiana Behavioral Health Commission was established in the 2020 sitting session, … Read more
The battle continues on all health fronts. “On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice,” state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett stressed as she urged New Yorkers in September “to not accept any risk at all.” Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a public health emergency in early September, and it sparked high-level talks among top Biden administration … Read more
The president’s advisor in charge of public health for the country paid a visit to Sacramento to launch a nationwide campaign to aid underserved communities and people of color. Xavier Becerra, who once served as California’s top prosecutor before joining Joe Biden’s cabinet as US Health and Human Services Secretary, announced on Friday the start … Read more
The CBCSA held the event in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC Black Alumni Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha. (Milind Raj | Daily Trojan) At USC Village on Friday morning, 40 to 50 Black women and nonbinary students repeated the affirmation, “Siss, you’re a vision of beloved Blackness.” The affirmation, … Read more
The meaning of the word “breakfast” hides in plain sight: breaking a fast. “I think the idea of breakfast is interesting,” Steven Malin, a health professor at Rutgers University, tells Inverse. “We typically think of certain foods as breakfast foods, but in reality, all breakfast refers to is breaking the fast from sleep.” Technically, then, … Read more
Democratic US Senate candidate John Fetterman hit just about every Pittsburgh cultural touchstone in a rally with hundreds of supporters in Pittsburgh’s Strip District Saturday. His 12-minute speech began with Fetterman taking the stage to Styx’s “Renegade” — a song closely associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers — and familiarized local traditions like putting French fries … Read more
Born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula, Jessica Esparza grew up the youngest of four in a bilingual household. Her mother, who emigrated from her native Mexico to the United States, has always encouraged her children to excel, look forward, create a better future for themselves and their future families. Esparza heard her mother’s message … Read more
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, anti-choice sheriffs and bounty hunters will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can expect similar tactics from state officials who claim that parents who allow their transgender youth to receive gender-affirming health … Read more
Katie Huffling, DNP, RN, CNM, FAAN, executive director at Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, recently gave a presentation on how environmental exposures have impacted women’s health at the 25th Annual Premier Women’s Healthcare Conference in Houston, Texas, held in-person from September 29 to October 2. In her presentation, Huffling examined data from the World … Read more