Annie Kuo

Attending to children with COVID-19 and containing the spread of disease is a daily concern for pediatricians. It is important to be aware of the direct and indirect effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the ocular health and visual function of children. Transmission via the eye In the earliest months of the pandemic, scientists and public health officials looked to Wuhan, China to learn about systemic manifestations and epidemiology of transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Still from “Seadrift” The first Asian Texan was a fisherman. Francisco Flores, a Filipino cabin boy on a Spanish slave ship, arrived to the Republic of Texas in 1845, just in time to witness Texas’s annexation into the United States. Nearly two centuries later, Texas and Hawaii tie as the third U.S. state with the most Asian Americans (ranking after California and New York). Asian Americans are a significant part of Texas history, but until the book Asian Texans (2007) by Irwin A.

From the 2018 Refuge Outdoor Festival. Photo by Annie Kuo. A few years ago, Chevon Powell was in Vermont on her first solo backpacking trip when police pulled her over. In the parking lot of her hotel, the policeman who questioned her purpose for being in the area said it was “unbelievable.” He eventually called for backup let her go, but from that moment, Chevon, a black woman, realized the need for an accessible, welcoming space for people of color (POC) in the outdoors.