The Google Life Sciences Division is up to something powerful and concerning. A newly independent sector of the transformed Alphabet, a multinational conglomerate and Google’s parent company, Google...
A few years ago, the Harvard Gazette published an article called “Way to Delay Huntington’s Disease Found.” These words would be music to the ears of families that endure the hardships of Huntington’s...
Everyone knows that high school and college are pretty different. From academics to the social scene, they are essentially worlds apart. 4E brings you a few situations that demonstrate this difference...
World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan discussed the responsibility of governments and international organizations to address global health issues Friday in Gaston Hall at the second...
RETRACTION: The online Chatter column "The Hilltoss: Healthy or Hyped-Up?" (thehoya.com, Sept. 29, 2015) has been retracted due to misinformation and inaccuracy regarding the genesis of the Students of...
I never really understood the organic craze as a teenager. Around the mid-2000s, the label “organic” suddenly emerged and spread with vigorous intensity, surpassing the r-naught value of measles. Restaurants,...
To an anthropologist, I think one defining trait would stick out among Georgetown’s student body, and it wouldn’t even be a newsworthy discovery: we’re busy people. Busyness is a trait inherent to...
On a campus with a population that is known for its passion for and devotion to activities, academics and internships, students often put health on a backburner. The university faced continued struggles...
Georgetown’s structures for addressing mental health offer a dangerously low quality of service.
In an op-ed (“The Invisible Patient,” March 27, 2015, The Hoya, A3) Jairus Nytes (COL ’16) described...
Mayor Muriel Bowser launched FitDC, a citywide health initiative aiming to connect residents to local nutrition and fitness resources, at the Takoma Recreation Center on Saturday.
The FitDC initiative...
Although medical therapeutics can save you from the clutches of Hepatitis C, polio and tetanus, they have one glaring failure that dims their vast and storied accomplishments: ultimately, no medicine in...
Georgetown students are often accused of being trapped inside the “Georgetown Bubble,” isolating them from the concerns of the greater Washington, D.C. area, especially ones that have an impact on...
