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Shreyas Teegala

Shreyas Teegala is a student at Vanderbilt University studying neuroscience and health policy. He works in community health and researches health vulnerabilities in language development, vision loss and cardiovascular disease.

Experts say those patients at the highest risk of developing severe illness should get vaccinated.

Six Questions About Covid-19 Vaccines, Answered

Recent vaccination announcements have led to some confusion. Four physicians weigh in on who should get vaccinated and when

More than a third of endometriosis patients are misdiagnosed with mental health conditions.

For Some Women With Serious Physical Ailments, Mental Illness Has Become a Scapegoat Diagnosis

Patients with difficult-to-diagnose conditions like endometriosis are often sent home with diagnoses like anxiety or bipolar disorder