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No Protection: Untested and Undiagnosed Genital Herpes in America
(Georgetown University, 2021)
The majority of people who have genital herpes do not know it. This sexually transmitted disease can spread asymptomatically, and condoms do not fully protect against it. Despite this, current health policy recommends ...
Social Determinants of COVID-19 Policy Responses: Is Individualism Predictive of the Stringency of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures?
(Georgetown University, 2021)
The rapid, airborne transmission of COVID-19 and the subsequent pandemic forced countries to implement lockdown and stay-at-home measures to prevent the spread of the disease. However, the degree of stringency of lockdown ...
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Provision on Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
(Georgetown University, 2021)
The United States has been in the midst of an opioid epidemic for over two decades. With nearly 50,000 Americans dying each year as a result of opioid overdoses and an estimated annual economic toll of over $500 billion, ...
The Impeding Effects of United States Sanctions on Humanitarian Trade with Iran
(Georgetown University, 2021)
I set out to examine the relationship between United States sanctions on Iran and humanitarian trade in the form of pharmaceutical imports. To measure this relationship, I used the gravity model of international trade. In ...