Nov 2Member-onlyAnd He Forgot What Diversity MeansBy Nana Dadzie Ghansah Return to the root and you will find the meaning.” - from the Chinese poem, “Xinxin Ming” The only way he could get into Holy Cross College, one of the Catholic “Ivies”, was because of a scholarship set up for minorities. During his 1991 confirmation to…Diversity3 min readDiversity3 min read
Apr 14Member-onlyStrottner-Drechsler-Object-20By Nana Dadzie Ghansah Intro: A group of serious amateur astronomers and astrophotographers are discovering hitherto unknown nebulae. Tops among them are a German graphic designer called Marcel Drechsler and a Frenchman named Xavier Strottner. By himself, Drechsler has found 37 new deep space objects (DSOs). Six of them have…Drechsler6 min readDrechsler6 min read
Mar 23Member-onlyThe Pen and the SwordBy Nana Dadzie Ghansah “The pen isn’t mightier than the sword. Pens don’t win battles and swords don’t write poetry. Mighty is the hand that knows when to pick the pen and when to pick the sword.” - Anonymous Pull back the curtain and one notices that though wars are…War2 min readWar2 min read
Dec 31, 2021Member-onlyGive it A Tchaikovsky FinaleBy Nana Dadzie Ghansah I am claustrophobic, so getting an MRI is not a pleasant experience. If my head and upper body have to be in the tube, I need general anesthesia. I have coping mechanisms if the scan is of the lower body and my head does not have…Tchaikovsky4 min readTchaikovsky4 min read
Dec 24, 2021Member-onlyThe SketchbookA Christmas Story by Nana Dadzie Ghansah Prologue The disheveled-looking man stood in the shadow cast by the trees across the street and watched the house. He could see the young lady in the wheelchair moving around. Occasionally, the older lady would come into view. She was still as beautiful…Christmas12 min readChristmas12 min read
Dec 10, 2021Member-onlyWhat Might Have BeenBy Nana Dadzie Ghansah I was securing the arterial line I had just placed in her left radial artery when I heard her singing quietly under her breathe. It piqued my interest, so I listened closer. …Addiction4 min readAddiction4 min read
Sep 22, 2021Member-onlyThe Gurney Keeps RollingBy Nana Dadzie Ghansah They are rolled down the hallway in a special gurney to the first stop on their journey to eternal rest. They are those who did not make it. Those who, despite our best efforts, lose the fight. Before the pandemic broke out, one would see the…Covid 193 min readCovid 193 min read
Sep 11, 2021Member-onlyThat Bottomless VoidBy Nana Dadzie Ghansah There was an abandoned well in the Ghanaian village I grew up in. The story was that many years ago, a little child fell into and drowned in the well. His body was never recovered. Fearing the same fate might befall me, my grandparents warned me…9 11 Memorial4 min read9 11 Memorial4 min read
Jan 30, 2021Member-onlyAn Elegant PlatformBy Nana Dadzie Ghansah Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — NVX-CoV2373 — ,ay be the last US-made vaccine to go for approval, but its platform might be the most elegant…if you ask me. Unlike those on the market already, it is neither RNA nor DNA-based. It is a protein-based vaccine, and that…Novavax3 min readNovavax3 min read
Dec 27, 2020Member-onlyVariant of Concern 202012/01 (VOC-202012/01)By Nana Dadzie Ghansah The Variant of Concern 202012/01 (VOC-202012/01), also known as Variant Under Investigation in December 2020 (VUI — 202012/01), and Lineage B.1.1.7 is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was first detected in Kent County of the UK in September 2020. In November, public health officials in the UK…Covid 194 min readCovid 194 min read
