We are weeks into widespread social distancing in many parts of the world, though it feels like months. Cases of COVID19 continue to mount, as expected, and we watch Italy and Spain for signs of when our society might be cast into crisis and chaos. Health care...
IC Wins 10 at the 2020 SF Press Club Awards! by Vandana Kumar | September 29, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Award Winning, Features | 0 CommentsThis past year was challenging for us - adapting to changes with our medium of storytelling, turnover of the editorial staff, and...
The Hidden Truth The feature article on breast cancer by Ophira Ginsburg and Raywat Deonandan (India Currents, October 2012, Breast Cancer—The Hidden Epidemic) uses a host of statistics, but these statistics hide more than they reveal. For example, the article...
“When I told my husband I had breast cancer, he said, ‘I don’t want anything to do with you. You can go die.’” These are the words of a 45 year old divorced and homeless woman in Bangladesh. When we think of breast cancer, our image is usually of women seeking...
There’s a photo I often show my audience before starting my lectures on “reproductive tourism.” It’s from a marketing brochure of the Akanksha infertility clinic in Anand, India, and features its medical director, Nayna Patel, standing regally amongst a group of...
