Public Health Policy

Vaccine Rollout in the United States

In this brief, we discuss vaccine rollout in the states as well as the general public response to the COVID vaccine. Techniques for increasing vaccination rates differ widely across the states - and this difference can be better understood by considering differing political landscapes in our analysis. Public response to the vaccine are sharply divided along vaccination status, political ideology, and occupational status.

The FDA’s Accelerated Approval of Aducanumab

In this brief, we discuss the FDA’s approval of Aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. This decision has sparked controversy within the clinical community due to the accelerated nature of the approval as well as the surrogate endpoint used.

The Misinformation Pandemic

The world has not only grabbed with the COVID-19 pandemic, but also a misinformation epidemic that has done considerable damage to the public health infrastructure. In this brief, we examine the causes, effects, and implications of the COVID-19 misinformation epidemic.

Healthcare Disparities for Disabled Individuals

This paper will examine some of the disability health disparities that arise from inaccessible physical environments, social assumptions and prejudices, and inflexible policies and procedures, as well as how federal and state governments should actively work to reduce inequities.

Healthcare equity and inequity amongst BIPOC and immigrants in Sweden, Pakistan and the United States

This paper will dicuss the said topic and will provide some proposals that can improve health inequity.

Predictive, Not Reactive: Why Mathematics Needs the "First Cell" to Cure Cancer

For decades, the global war on cancer has been fought on a specific, deeply entrenched battlefield: the late stage. We have poured astronomical resources, brilliant minds, and cutting-edge technologies into the study of advanced tumors. As a result, the medical community has become an absolute expert in studying the "last cell", a cell that has already accumulated millions of mutations and undergone profound evolutionary changes. Yet, paradoxically, we still know remarkably little about the "first cell."

Conventional Systems to Modern Healthcare Systems: How Patient Safety Takes the Change Narrative!

The modern hospital is a marvel of technological orchestration, yet it remains haunted by an ancient ghost: the preventable medical error. For decades, global health systems have treated patient safety as a bureaucratic afterthought; a series of defensive, post-hoc checklists tucked away in administrative binders, dusted off only when a catastrophic failure demands a scapegoat. This reactive posture is no longer tenable. As healthcare infrastructures globally face unprecedented strain, the narrative must pivot from conventional, defensive policing to a proactive, systemic culture change. Patient safety is not merely a clinical metric; it is the fundamental axis upon which the transition from archaic to modern healthcare revolves.

The Certificate of Need Paradox: How Administrative Monopolies Degrade Rural Healthcare

Across thirty-five states in the U.S., healthcare providers are legally barred from opening new clinics, adding hospital beds, or purchasing advanced diagnostic machinery without explicit regulatory approval. These framework restrictions, known as Certificate of Need (CON) laws, require applicants to prove to a state board that a community lacks sufficient medical options before expanding services. This op-ed argues that these statutes merely protect dominant hospital monopolies, leaving rural communities entirely unserved.

Rethinking Vaccination Policy: Insights from the Latest Data

Debunking Covid Myths