By Javin Pombra and Danny Vesurai
March 25, 2017
The digital health movement is shrouded in a flurry of excitement and optimisn, but despite the acclaim, the issues of bioethics and new products’ usability have surfaced and demand concern and deliberation.
Ethics
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By Haley Ecker, Staff Writer
March 25, 2017
Thanks to the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, which determined the sequence of all human DNA, medical professionals are now able to prescribe individualized treatments to their patients in an important subfield of dig...
By Savita Govind, Priya Dixit, and Nathan Godderis
March 25, 2017
The four fundamental aspects of healthcare will remain unchanged: prevention, diagnosis, treatment and post-op. Though each individual digital health technology targets a niche market, the field as a whole aims to revise tradi...
March 25, 2017
By Savita Govind, Anisha Desai, Ross Avery, and Sana Khader
March 25, 2017
When Los Altos’ picturesque apricot orchards were replaced by the Silicon Valley’s millionaire mansions, more than just trees died; a once strong sense of community faded away with them. As the pace of life increased, the...
By Javin Pombra and Danny Vesurai
March 25, 2017
As high schoolers, we’re usually the only people in the room below the age of 30 at local City Council meetings. While we often go to find new topics for articles, much of our interest is rooted in the policies and proposals t...
March 25, 2017
December 15, 2016
Steve is a former software engineer who was laid off five years ago and has been homeless ever since.
What does a day in your life look like?
“The brutal truth is I get up, do all the stuff I need to do — clean up and get clothes,...
December 15, 2016
News editor Alex Wong and staff writer Javin Pombra recently interviewed Jeff or Robert Pineda — he refers to himself as both. While Pineda’s words are occasionally nonsensical, he offers a unique, optimistic perspective ...
December 15, 2016
Talon writers Cameron Avery and Danny Vesurai spoke with several homeless people on University Avenue in Palo Alto in an attempt to understand their lives and philosophies.
In order to interview homeless people, we go to University Avenu...
By Priya Dixit, Staff Writer
December 15, 2016
With only a cursory inspection of our school, it’s not immediately apparent that homelessness is a predicament that students on campus might face. However, Los Altos does have an established solution, fueled by student initiative an...
By Emma Kwan, Emma Van Geuns, and Justin Yu
December 15, 2016
When looking at the Silicon Valley, the rest of the world sees only billionaire entrepreneurs, overlooking the countless families on the other side of the socioeconomic spectrum who live in shelters, cars or on the streets. As vict...
