Support immunization bill in California state legislature
Last Wednesday, a bill requiring the vaccination of all children in California moved forward in the state legislature.
Jennie Bromberg
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Include prenatal care in Affordable Care Act coverage
Last Thursday, more than 50 House Democrats and more than 30 national advocacy groups like Planned Parenthood sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services, urging the Obama administration to classify pregnancy as a “qualifying life event” under the Affordable Care Act. A qualifying life event is when something major happens in one’s life, like a change in family size, such as giving birth or getting married, that allows an enrollment period to open up to sign up for health care.
Decrease national work hours to reduce likelihood of alcoholism
A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that people who work over 48 hours a week have a 13 percent higher chance of engaging in risky drinking than people who work 35 to 40 hours a week.
Promote graphic labels on cigarette packs
Last Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed that Medicare beneficiaries under the age of 74 who, for at least 30 years of their lives smoked one pack of cigarettes a day, would be covered for annual screenings for lung cancer, according to the New York Times.
Placing potential Ebola patients in quarantine is an overreaction
Last Friday, Oct. 17, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Illinois declared a mandatory 21-day quarantine for anyone who came back to the United States after being in any of the West African countries facing the Ebola epidemic.
Black Keys performance exhilarates TD Garden
Walking into TD Garden on Sunday night, crowds rambled up the escalators, tickets in hand, eagerly awaiting the start of the performance.
Overdose treatment drug is a stopgap, not a solution
Every day in the United States, 6,748 people are treated for drug overdoses in emergency rooms across the country, according to the Center daily for Disease Control.
To combat new e-cigarettes, inform public about smoking facts
In 1964, the surgeon general issued a report concluding for the first time that smoking can cause lung cancer.
Get rid of standardized testing to save the education system
Too many times throughout pre-college schooling, I sat at a desk with my extra sharp No. 2 pencils lined up in a row, ready to bubble in the answers on the dreaded standardized tests.
Education at all levels should be a hands-on experience
While I usually would not use Fox News as writing inspiration, a recent article was both too interesting and relevant to let go.
How did the City of Waltham vote in the 2024 Presidential Election?
Alumni circulate petition to keep official Brandeis emails
Moving forward: Lulu Ohm '25 welcomes a new era of Brandeis women's basketball
Community receives message titled “Social Justice and Free Expression”
Getting to know the Brandeis fencing team