Blogs of Physicians for Human Rights Students

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Don't Separate Migrant Children from their Parents

As a medical trainee who works with children and families, I am encouraged by the order to release children who have been held for more...

The Imprisonment of Pregnant Women under COVID-19

Andrea Circle Bear, an inmate imprisoned on account of drug charges, passed away after giving birth on Tuesday, April 28th while on a...

COVID-19 in Gaza: The Need to Lift the Blockade

As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and cases and fatalities rise daily, these times call for essential geopolitical...

'Maximum Pressure' Sanctions Threaten Patients' Right to Health

Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties used by countries to restrict trade or transactions with specific entities of...

Immigrants Are at Particular Risk of COVID-19. Here's What Congress Can Do.

Physicians, residents, and medical students around the country are seeking signatures for Congress to take action for immigrants in light...

Assessing Medical Students’ Understanding and Knowledge of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

What Are Crisis Pregnancy Centers? Pregnancy Counseling Centers, also referred to as crisis pregnancy centers (CPC) or pregnancy resource...

Close the Camps in the Time of COVID-19

There are over 200 ICE detention facilities across the United States, where detainees often spend months to years awaiting their...

Gun Violence Requires Medical Intervention

109. This is the number of people who died each day from firearms in the U.S. in 2017, the most recent year for which the CDC has...

Medical Students Strike for Climate

Millions of students around the world are striking for the defining issue of our generation. And as medical students we strike because...

Medical Students Stand Against the Mandatory DNA Collection of Immigrants for Non-Violent Crimes

On October 21st, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a ruling to mandate DNA collection of immigrants who come between official...

Detained Migrants Have a Right to Proper Medical Care

Advocating for the humane treatment of detained migrants As medical students who will all take an oath to uphold the highest standard of...

The Opioid Epidemic: The Ongoing Crisis and Ways to Improve It

For the first time in over 50 years, U.S. life expectancy decreased for the second consecutive year in 2017. This decline is in part due...

Healthcare in Incarcerated Populations – a Medical Student Perspective

For a well-functioning society, it is necessary to have a government, schools, hospitals, recreational centers and other amenities. The...

Act now: the proposed public charge rule

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins from the premise that “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and...

Medicine is a Call to Political Action: Torture and Our Refugee Patients

As we progress in our clinical training, we accumulate stories. We carry the stories of patients who have changed us in unforgettable...

Overcoming Climate Apathy in Medical Education

Overcoming Climate Apathy in Medical Education (Physicians for Human Rights Student Advisory Board, Climate Change Committee 2022-2023)...

Statement on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Israel

As medical students of PHR’s Student Advisory Board, we are committed to the promotion and advancement of human rights. This includes...