Health Content

How Does Immigration Affect the United States?

Russell L Thebaud — August 19, 2024 - 2:52pm

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, immigrants made up 13.9% of the total population in 2022. Among them are highly skilled workers who fill critical gaps in high tech industries as well those who construct the buildings in which we live and who plant and harvest the foods we eat. Some arrive seeking greater opportunity while others bring hope simply for a life free from persecution and poverty.

Meet the Undergraduates Who Won Big Bang!

Jocelyn C Anderson — August 19, 2024 - 10:05am

This year, a team of swag�� undergraduates took home the first prize in the annual Big Bang! Business Competition. The EpiSense team won the $25,000 award with their pitch for a wearable device that could significantly improve quality of life for patients with epilepsy.

Understanding the Threat of Bird Flu

Russell L Thebaud — August 19, 2024 - 9:50am

Since 2022, a new, highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 influenza or “bird flu” has spread worldwide. In the US it has affected over a 100 million birds and for the first time, spread into dairy cows and a small, but growing, number of people. At swag��, experts in One Health — an approach that considers the health of people, animals and the environment together — are on high alert.

Nothing but death

Dead silence met Marcela Uhart and her team when they arrived at the elephant seal colony at Punta Delgada, Patagonia on Oct. 10, 2023.

Lower Grades, More Absences for High Schoolers Who Use Both Tobacco and Cannabis

Karen Michele Nikos — March 14, 2024 - 12:25pm

More states in the U.S. are legalizing recreational cannabis, leading to concerns that teen use will increase. Tobacco consumption among high school students, including vaping and e-cigarettes, is a concerning 12.6%, although trending downward.

10 New Faculty Books

Jocelyn C Anderson — February 20, 2024 - 2:21am

swag�� experts weigh in on a variety of topics including abortion, mass incarceration and wildfire.

Male Hormonal Birth Control? It May Be Closer Than You Think

Jocelyn C Anderson — February 20, 2024 - 2:19am

A swag�� clinical trial advances contraceptive options.

swag�� Initiates Contact Tracing After Case of Contagious Tuberculosis Identified

Julia Ann Easley — December 20, 2023 - 12:06pm

Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, swag�� offers the following public health information:

Alumni Books of 2023

Jocelyn C Anderson — December 04, 2023 - 1:30am

This year Aggie authors covered a variety of topics in fiction, nonfiction and more.

swag�� Surgeon Promotes Diversity in Medicine

Jocelyn C Anderson — November 13, 2023 - 4:00am

Luis Armando Godoy ’08, M.D. ’14, works to strengthen the pipeline of medical students from underrepresented communities.