Authored by: Sophie Rinzler Art by: Stefanie Chen From the moment a clinician turns toward a keyboard, something essential is lost: the full gaze, the clarifying nod, the pause that signals undivided attention. As electronic health record (EHR) demands expand, human medical scribes are increasingly replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). Companies like Abridge and Nuance promise to restore clinicians’ focus on patients, reducing burnout and reclaiming time for care. Yet beh

Authored by: Sophie Erb-Watson Art by: Aleena Naeem Mental Illness may not discriminate, but the U.S. mental healthcare system does. Despite unparalleled recent public attention, data demonstrate that the likelihood of receiving mental healthcare still depends heavily on race, gender, wealth, and geography. Telehealth was heralded as an equalizer, a technological fix poised to transcend structural barriers. Unfortunately, early evidence indicates that virtual care has largely

Authored by: Sophie Elijovich Art by: Grace Liu Some packaged foods in supermarkets proudly flaunt labels which declare their contents to be “Non-GMO Project Verified”. But what does it mean for a food to be GMO? Are non-GMO foods really so superior? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), are plants, animals or other living things whose DNA has been edited through genetic engineering [1]. In this process, scientists take the gene for a desired trait from one organism and inse