As the COVID-19 pandemic has made alarmingly clear, disease is contextualized by socioeconomic factors as much as biological factors. Our vulnerability to disease is determined by where we live and who we have access to, combined with the unique makeup … Read more
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has ravaged high-density areas ranging from New York City to rural churches. Prisons, however, have been largely undiscussed hotspots of infection and death. Incarcerated people are 550% more likely to contract COVID-19 and 300% … Read more
As we struggle to enrich our lives and occupy our minds while we navigate these stressful times, many like myself have taken this opportunity to explore podcasts to feel connected with others, and in some ways distracted from the cacophony … Read more
Caroline Fryar, a fourth-year medical student at UNC, is taking the goals of HHIVE out of Greenlaw 524 and into the world. In 2010, Fryar served as an undergraduate member of HHIVE, and fondly remembers attending Grand Rounds events and … Read more
In a presentation titled “Disability Studies & Health Humanities,” Dr. Kym Weed examined the social construction of disability and how undertones of the eugenics movement exist in today’s COVID-19 emergency care rationing system. To begin her talk, Weed challenged the … Read more
Not long gone, and definitely not forgotten, Nick Allen completed his Master’s degree in UNC’s English Department’s Literature, Medicine, and Culture program in 2019 and thus concluded his role as HHIVE Lab Coordinator. Nick discovered HHIVE through his undergraduate thesis … Read more
Dr. Damon Tweedy’s Grand Rounds: “Reflections on Race and Medicine in the Year of COVID-19 and National Protests” “#BlackLivesMatter.” It is Instagrammed and retweeted, inscribed onto signs and roared at protests rippling across the nation. It is echoed everywhere yet … Read more
