Some of us may think of the coronavirus as an illness that affects older individuals, but Riley Behrens, a 23-year-old from Tempe, Arizona, is putting that theory to the test….
Wilma Mayfield used to visit a senior center in Durham, North Carolina, four days a week and attend Lincoln Memorial Baptist Church on Sundays, a ritual she’s maintained for nearly…
For many, the U.S. has never felt more divisive than it does today. Misinformation, hate speech, and conspiracy theories run rampant online, pitting different groups of people against each other….
Sunday, December 1st is known as World AIDS Day, but this year’s event feels a little different. The world is still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic with new…
Dr. Mary Fowkes was instrumental in the fight against COVID-19. Her work gave us more information about how this deadly virus affects the human body, particularly the brain. She was…
The number of new coronavirus infections is rising fast in virtually every part of the country as states and counties continue setting limits on public life and social gatherings. Government…
Citizens of Japan are feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic; depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues have taken the country by storm over the last 10 months, resulting…
We’re getting more information about one of the world’s most anticipated vaccines for COVID-19. The biotech company Moderna recently announced that its vaccine has shown to be 94.1% effective in…
El Paso, Texas is currently dealing with one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus in the country with over 82,000 cases in a population of 951,000. That means around…
Here at Scrubs Mag, we’ve been covering Baby Liam and his family’s journey for over a year. Last August, he was diagnosed with AML (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia) on his first…
Science and medicine work in mysterious ways. There is so much to understand about the human body that you’d need several lifetimes to figure it all out. Here at Scrubs…
One community in North Texas is honoring the life of one amazing woman. Iris Meda, a long-time registered nurse and educator, recently came out of retirement to train the next…
DENVER — In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She’d been working as an intensive care nurse at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, and loved…
Major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and now AstraZeneca have been making headlines over the last couple weeks as they release preliminary safety information regarding their respective vaccines for COVID-19….
With the job market on ice and many bars, restaurants, and movie theaters closed across the country, many people are finding that now is a great time to take the…
Even though there are many areas of the country that don’t experience the full extent of all four seasons, such as the Southwest and southern Florida, there is no escaping…
