National News

Ask Dr. Kevin: Clinical Trials are the Foundation for Scientific Innovation

     Dr. Kevin Williams is the Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer where he leads a Medical Affairs organization of approximately 150 medical colleagues around the globe. He pursued medicine after being inspired by his father’s work as a general practitioner in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Kevin is passionate about raising awareness and increasing understanding of rare diseases, such as sickle cell disease, in the African American community. […]

Local News

 ‘Code Red’

       On December 2, 2019, one of the students on my school campus came to school with a gun in his possession. It was the first class of the day and the principal called over the intercom that we were on a ‘Code Red’. […]

Local News

Old Man and The Sea

     A few weeks ago, my eighth grade English class read a book called Old Man and the Sea, written by Ernest Hemingway. The story is about an older man, who hasn’t caught any fish for a couple of months and is starting to become poor. […]