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Opinion 

Opinion: Reasons why you should ride a bike this summer

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Ella Lucente 118 ViewsBiking, enviornmentalism, public health 1 min read

Last week as we were driving home from class, my boyfriend and I were talking about the fluctuating gas prices,

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Opinion 

Opinion: Why talking about addiction matters

April 2, 2018April 1, 2018 Noah Wingard 135 ViewsNational Institute on Drug Abuse, Opioid addiction, public health 2 min read

Opioid addiction is a disease that has caught the nation’s attention. From well-off suburbs in major cities to homeless encampments,

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Opinion 

Opinion: Why heroin should be legal

January 9, 2017August 29, 2017 Ledger Staff 157 Viewsby Julianna Siemssen, Drugs, Heroin, public health, War on Drugs 2 min read

As professionals and the public have come to recognize its medical benefits and relative safety, support for legal marijuana continues

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Opinion 

Why the Fat Acceptance Movement Does More Harm Than Good

April 25, 2016September 15, 2017 Noah Wingard 259 Viewsculture, Obesety, public health 4 min read

To those who are not familiar, “body acceptance” (or as it was previously coined, “fat acceptance”) has become a growing

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News 

UW Addresses Washington State Measles Outbreak

March 9, 2015September 4, 2018 Ledger Staff 159 Viewsby Joanna Sappenfield, CDC, Measeles, public health 2 min read

Several Measles outbreaks have the University of Washington on alert. As of Feb. 5, 2015, there have been four confirmed

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