by Bob Kieserman On Friday, an advisory panel created by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. voted to change a recommendation that has been serving the American public for over 30 years. As I am sure you know by now since it has been all over the news, the panel deemed that babies should no longer receive the first dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. Instead, the panel voted to recommend that the first dose be given when the child is 2 months old and only if the mother tests negative...

by Alexandra Collins   Introduction   In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a state of emergency. Many people contracted COVID-19 and became severely ill, and in extreme cases, people died. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic affected education worldwide, prompting schools to transition from in-person to remote learning rapidly. Historically, in the United States, there have been racial and ethnic disparities in higher education, which led me to explore: How did the COVID-19...

by Courtney Pokallus and Bob Kieserman In 1990, there were 6,650 hospitals in the United States. In 2016, there were 5,530. That is because around 2010, a new chapter in healthcare management began to take place. Between 2010 and 2017, the country saw the growth of hospital systems with major hospitals in various regions of the country buying smaller hospitals and/or merging with similar size hospitals to form large regional healthcare systems. And as part of the game plan of the hospital...