With COVID-19 cases still increasing in California, it’s not hard to believe that healthcare professionals are racing to innovate new solutions to flatten the curve. However, a niche problem has generated from this public health crisis. With limited resources and...
TIJUANA, Mexico — Despite stay-at-home guidelines and rising COVID-19 cases, many informal workers have been forced to continue working, exposing themselves to the virus in the process. They face the highest risk of getting sick, as well as the most severe...
When sports camps in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District were allowed to resume on June 15, I visited a few of the practices to take pictures, and it reminded me how much I missed high school sports. Then, on July 6, a letter from the Orange County...
COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory disease that is transmitted through droplets that are generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or exhales. According to abc7news, COVID-19 possibly originated from bats that people from Wuhan, China ate. This virus came...
Emma Lara skims through the body wash aisle at Walmart looking for hand soap, specifically the Equate brand with 56 ounces that comes in a two-pack. After finding it, she places the item into the shopping cart as her friend, Gianna Galvan, checks hand soap off the...
Mindfulness Matters is a column by Vivian Wang that highlights the simple ways that she maintains mindfulness and self-care through the treacherous, life-changing journey of high school. In this week’s article, Wang reflects on her experience with seeing several...
The recent and still on-going COVID-19 pandemic left the world in chaos and anguish. In the midst of the huge disorder that this historical event brought on, one of the questions that arise is: Could we have done better in responding to this international crisis?
My answer to this question is, yes. The United States (US) as a whole could have, and more than that, should have done better, specifically in the area of healthcare. In fact, our healthcare system definitely did not contribute to the fullest and more than anything, COVID-19 has shown us that the US healthcare system needs reform and changes.
A group of people supporting face coverings during COVID-19 tried to hold a press conference Tuesday outside the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting in Santa Ana to reinstate the mask requirement in public locations. This group of people consisted of about...
Coronavirus cases in the United States are finally curving downward, according to the New York Times. Meanwhile, just past our southern border, the cases continue to rise, the Times reported. The Mexican federal government appears to be minimizing the gravity of the...
On June 3, WHO Director, Tedros Adhanom, held a media briefing on COVID-19 updates. However, he revealed alarming information: COVID-19 cases have been increasing around the world. "More than 100,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported to WHO for each of the past 5...
