Fall 2020
Call to duty II
Vice Admiral (ret.) Raquel Bono (’15 MBA) answered the Washington governor’s call to serve as Washington state’s COVID-19 hospital “czar” and manage the hospital surge capacity. » More ...
Public health
Fall 2020
Hands-on help
Westport Winery and Ocean’s Daughter Distillery, owned and operated by Kim Roberts and her family, has been making and donating wine bottles filled with hand sanitizer. » More ...
Winter 2018
Superbugs
A woman lies dying in a hospital bed in an acute care facility in Nevada. She has a common infection induced by a common bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae. But she’s untreatable: her infection is resistant to all 26 of the antibacterial drugs available in the United States capable of treating the bacterium. The infection spreads further, which causes her blood pressure to drop precipitously until she finally succumbs to septic shock.
While death by “superbugs” is still fairly rare, the World Health Organization warns that, if bacteria keep evolving drug resistance at the rate they have been, such bugs will globally cause 10 million deaths per … » More …
Summer 2018
In the hazy days of summer
As wildfires are on the rise throughout the western United States, so is smoke and its effects on health. Here are ten tips to deal with wildfire smoke. » More ...
Winter 2012
What I’ve Learned Since College—An interview with Ruth Bindler ’01
Ruth Bindler ’01 PhD grew up in the Adirondacks of New York. In the 1960s, when she started college at Cornell, the typical paths for women were teaching and nursing. Since she enjoyed her science classes, nursing seemed a logical route. Turned out it was a great fit. After working for a time at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, she moved to Wisconsin with Julian Bindler, who later became her husband, and found both nursing work and graduate school.
Bindler not only went on to become a successful public health nurse, she authored several books on children’s health and medication, was a … » More …