Sophie Meyers

Business, Health, News, News Analysis, OregonFebruary 19, 2021<February 19, 2021

COVID in the Workplace
COVID-19 continues to prohibit restaurants from opening, but in the coming months there may be hope for a return to normalcy with vaccine distribution

COVID-19 cases have been decreasing steadily across Oregon since the holidays. The lowest death and case rates since late June 2020 have been recorded…

News, Science & TechnologyFebruary 9, 2021<February 19, 2021

Pigs Saving the World
Pigs are candidates to help solve America’s organ donation problem and diabetes

Illustration by Hlie Moua Recently, great strides have been made in the research and development of xenotransplantation from pigs to humans. The transplantation of…

News, Portland State UniversityNovember 2, 2020<November 18, 2020

Portland State University’s First Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Study
Pre and Post Covid 19 survey conducted at PSU is the first to include staff

A recent survey conducted by Portland State University’s Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative (HRAC) showed that 44.6% of student responders experienced housing insecurity, 16.1%…

NewsNovember 2, 2020<November 18, 2020

Airborne Innovation
Drones and Robots Battling COVID-19

Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB), a sister organization to Partners in Health (PIH) based in Rwanda has partnered with Zipline to acquire more reliable cancer…

digital illustration of the country of Brazil with their flag in the middle of it.

NewsOctober 6, 2020<November 18, 2020

Crisis in Brazil
Indigenous Communities of Brazil Under Compound Threat

The Indigenous communities of Brazil have recently been impacted by government incursions onto Indigenous lands and have been disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus….

illustration of a gang of picket signs, one in the middle keeps focus as it says "The far reaching effects of police violence in America"

NewsOctober 2, 2020<October 2, 2020

The Far Reaching Effects of Police Violence Across America

Since its founding in 2013, Black Lives Matter protests have been shining a light on the inequitable treatment of marginalized communities in America. This…

illustrated jellyfish with a data prosthetic inside the bell of the jellyfish.

NewsOctober 1, 2020<October 1, 2020

Swimming Robots Versus Cyborg Jellyfish

Jellyfish cover the ocean, they can survive in varying temperatures, salinities, oxygen concentrations and below 3700 meters deep (about 2.3 miles). Scientists are currently…

illustration of a sickly looking jail building, blue sky behind it, barbedwire surrounding the jail.

News AnalysisJune 4, 2020<June 4, 2020

Added Punishment
COVID-19 pandemic strains prisons across the U.S.

There is no difference between prison health and public health when it comes to communicable diseases; what you see within a prison environment will…

News AnalysisMay 1, 2020<May 3, 2020

Squashing Coronavirus Will Take Time
Pharmaceutical companies scramble to find a vaccine

Scientists around the world are coming together to create a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 in light of the pandemic. In…

Sophie Meyers of a Bee, drawn with black and white watercolors with yellow dots in the shape of a flower around the bee

News, News AnalysisApril 4, 2020<April 4, 2020

Flower Power
Bees

Bees are responsible for the pollination of one-third of all food consumed in the United States, yet bee populations are rapidly decreasing to the…