Tuberculosis is curable. Corporate greed might be too.
Last week, activists and patients won a breakthrough in the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease: tuberculosis. Cepheid, a medical equipment manufacturer owned by the multinational conglomerate Danaher, agreed to slash the price of their multi-drug resistant tuberculosis tests after lobbying from organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and Partners In Health — and…
‘I’m sorry for your loss’
Placing myself in others’ shoes always came rather easy, and imagining the grief that came with death was no different. I saw friends and others around me suffer through symptoms — depression, changed eating habits, sleepless nights, tears — I tried to empathize with it all. Seeing the heartbreak on friends’ faces as they told…
The future of happy couples: Sleeping in separate bedrooms
Family vacations have always been a nightmare for me, not because I hate palm trees or beaches, but because of my strong dislike for sharing a bedroom with another person. This stems from my basal need for personal space, an essential insulating component in my daily routine that I hold dear. Beyond my need for…
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