Sep 11, 2022 | Blog
By McKenna McLean, JHBL Staff Member “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.” – Nelson Mandela In 2021, nearly 3.5 million deaths occurred in the United States.[1] At the same time, the median cost of a funeral rose to $7,848.[2] Even...
Dec 1, 2021 | Blog
By Emily E. Mariano, JHBL Staff Member From October 31st to November 13th, 2021, the COP26 occurred in Glasgow with over 200 nations participating.[1] For almost three decades, the United Nations (“UN”) has been holding an annual convention for the purpose of...
Nov 15, 2021 | Blog
By Stephan Maranian, JHBL Staff Member On October 18, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a long-awaited plan to confront pollution caused by a group of toxic “forever chemicals.”[1] Per- and polyfluoralkyl substances, collectively known as...
Nov 10, 2021 | Blog
By. Jessica Holman, JHBL Staff Member The National Football League, or NFL, and the sport of football in general are multibillion dollar organizations, and they have a major battle on their hands: the battle between their players and CTE.[1] CTE stands for chronic...
Nov 3, 2021 | Blog
By Layth Hert, JHBL Staff Member From around mid-March 2020 until today, the world as we know it has gone through an extremely challenging time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and significant impacts resulted on the health care workers throughout the world.[1] Fast...
Oct 25, 2021 | Blog
By Mallory Haeflich, JHBL Staffer In 2020, a restaurant in Singapore made headlines for being the first to serve chicken that came not from a farm or a slaughterhouse, but from a laboratory.[1] In the short time since then, lab-grown meat (also known by the more...
