Over a year has passed since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, and efforts to vaccinate the entire population are underway as new strains emerge and the number of deaths surpasses half a million. The two vaccines that are currently authorized for use...
In March 2020, the lives of many Americans were turned upside down as the nation began to react to the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, COVID-19 has taken the lives of over 518,000 Americans, yet it seems many Americans don’t care about it anymore as they continue to...
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the globe have continued to take to the streets to protest injustices. Here are the ongoing protests of 2020. North America The George Floyd protests have been ongoing across the United States and in over 60 countries...
If you’re a Vietnamese American student and you’ve been paying attention to politics for the past four years, you may have felt a political tension unique to the Vietnamese American community. Vietnamese American voters are more likely to vote for Trump in this...
United States President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19, received treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was discharged in the span of four days. It would take the average American 14 days of self-quarantine and usually are asked to stay at...
Wearing masks has transformed daily life and dramatically divided society over the past seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic. While citizens in some countries willingly and happily put on masks, residents in other countries, including the United States, have engaged...
We lead lives defined by productivity and decided by priorities. Our time-pressed, pressured-to-produce selves count down days until the weekend, the nearest holiday —looking for any and all forms of reprieve just to trap ourselves in “grass is greener on the other...
All Orange County beaches are ordered to close temporarily, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said April 30. Given the photos of overcrowded OC beaches that made national headlines last Saturday, this order from Newsom is absolutely necessary. California, the most...
Vaccines are one of the most groundbreaking medical advancements ever. They improve the quality of life for everyone, training our bodies to develop immunity to deadly diseases, and are in no way dangerous. In recent years, however, the antivaccination movement has...
October is here, and so is the flu season. “The flu is an influenza virus that causes respiratory diseases and is transmitted by droplets,” Nurse Marci McLean-Crawford said. “So if you cough or you sneeze or even when you talk, you let out little tiny droplets. When...
