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How personal experience forged this student’s passion for combating gender-based violence  

...parenting program for families in migrant shelters at the border.  With International Women's Day approaching on March 8, we took the opportunity to ask Reed about her advocacy for people...

...parenting program for families in migrant shelters at the border.  With International Women's Day approaching on March 8, we took the opportunity to ask Reed about her advocacy for people...

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Stanford Medicine

...goals for the work they do every day at Stanford Medicine. Caring for migrants at the border Medical student Janelle Chavez, who grew up in the town of Port Isabel,...

...goals for the work they do every day at Stanford Medicine. Caring for migrants at the border Medical student Janelle Chavez, who grew up in the town of Port Isabel,...

Caring for migrants at the border

...her recent experiences working with migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border with the Families at the Border program, part of Stanford Medicine's Center for Innovation in Global Health, Chavez has...

...her recent experiences working with migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border with the Families at the Border program, part of Stanford Medicine's Center for Innovation in Global Health, Chavez has...

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Preventing the next pandemic from entering the US

...entry and land-border crossings, where screenings took place, weren't up to snuff. The experts found that outdated technology impeded efforts to quarantine and trace people who tested positive for COVID-19,...

...entry and land-border crossings, where screenings took place, weren't up to snuff. The experts found that outdated technology impeded efforts to quarantine and trace people who tested positive for COVID-19,...

Protecting health care workers in low-resourced Bangladesh

...through the shutdown and, soon after, through border and airport closings. Styczynski had worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an epidemic intelligence service officer investigating disease...

...through the shutdown and, soon after, through border and airport closings. Styczynski had worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an epidemic intelligence service officer investigating disease...

Discarding the empathy script: A former patient, now med student, encourages doctors to be authentic

...a career in trauma and critical care, focusing on humanitarian care in conflict zones. I plan to continue working in East Africa, particularly on the Ethiopia-South Sudan and Ethiopia-Somalia border....

...a career in trauma and critical care, focusing on humanitarian care in conflict zones. I plan to continue working in East Africa, particularly on the Ethiopia-South Sudan and Ethiopia-Somalia border....

Cancer screening: An illustrated story

...cancer, dies from sepsis due to a prostate biopsy. Love incorporated prints of dyed corpora amylacea -- the little gems found in prostate glands -- as a border on each...

...cancer, dies from sepsis due to a prostate biopsy. Love incorporated prints of dyed corpora amylacea -- the little gems found in prostate glands -- as a border on each...

Molecule on brain blood-vessel walls may contribute to aging-related forgetfulness

...under certain relatively rare conditions grants those immune cells permission to migrate across the brain's otherwise tightly closed border. ... Blocking this molecule's capacity to do its main job --...

...under certain relatively rare conditions grants those immune cells permission to migrate across the brain's otherwise tightly closed border. ... Blocking this molecule's capacity to do its main job --...

Stanford physicians outline potential negative health effects of detaining immigrant children

...many children who have experienced trauma — including young people who were held in detention after crossing the border. He spearheaded the letter-writing campaign, and I recently contacted him to...

...many children who have experienced trauma — including young people who were held in detention after crossing the border. He spearheaded the letter-writing campaign, and I recently contacted him to...

A look inside the child detention centers near the U.S. border

...care for children and their families coming through the asylum process is woefully inadequate in the border communities. The frontline health providers who work in the border area clinics are...

...care for children and their families coming through the asylum process is woefully inadequate in the border communities. The frontline health providers who work in the border area clinics are...

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Life on the border: Back at Stanford, ready to pitch in

...and the Middle East. This piece is part of a series called "Life on the border" on her trip to the Jordan-Syria and Lebanon-Syria borders. Photo courtesy of Laila Soudi...

...and the Middle East. This piece is part of a series called "Life on the border" on her trip to the Jordan-Syria and Lebanon-Syria borders. Photo courtesy of Laila Soudi...

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Life on the border: Struggle, loss and desperation

...with refugee populations across Europe and the Middle East. This piece is part of a series called "Life on the border" on her trip to the Jordan-Syria and Lebanon-Syria borders....

...with refugee populations across Europe and the Middle East. This piece is part of a series called "Life on the border" on her trip to the Jordan-Syria and Lebanon-Syria borders....

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Life on the border: Not simply help but empower

...with refugee populations across Europe and the Middle East. This piece is part of a series called "Life on the border" on her trip to the Jordan-Syria and Lebanon-Syria borders....

...with refugee populations across Europe and the Middle East. This piece is part of a series called "Life on the border" on her trip to the Jordan-Syria and Lebanon-Syria borders....

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Life on the border: Struggling to survive in Jordan

...in Jordan but were met with closed borders. The government of Jordan said it was unable to accept more refugees. Those who fled remain largely on the border of this...

...in Jordan but were met with closed borders. The government of Jordan said it was unable to accept more refugees. Those who fled remain largely on the border of this...

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Life on the border: Stanford researcher seeks to help Syrian refugees

...on these border areas. More importantly, I’ll tell the stories of those inhabiting the other world — those who do live on the border — and their experiences with torture,...

...on these border areas. More importantly, I’ll tell the stories of those inhabiting the other world — those who do live on the border — and their experiences with torture,...

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What brain science tells us about family separations

As news coverage of the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern U.S. border has unfolded in recent weeks, one aspect of the story that hasn't received...

As news coverage of the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern U.S. border has unfolded in recent weeks, one aspect of the story that hasn't received...