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5/31/2022 12:25:58 PM
Gun deaths cannot occur without guns, guns kill and having a gun facilitates the killing of people.
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4/28/2022 12:52:41 PM
This past week in a potentially significant victory for public health, the FDA issued a long-awaited proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
Public health advocates have long argued banning menthol cigarettes would be an important step forward in decreasing youth tobacco use and health disparities, while facing strong opposition from tobacco companies.
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3/29/2022 10:36:18 AM
In this guest post, Dr. Barber and Dr. Bellamy reflect on the past two years, what has been lost or changed, and what's ahead.
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2/28/2022 9:34:00 AM
Dean Diez Roux writes about the direct health effects and long-term population health consequences of war and how the prevention of armed conflicts is critical and fundamental to the mission of all public health professionals, scientists, and advocates.
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1/31/2022 9:34:06 AM
In these times, when the challenges seem overwhelming and out of our control, we can find hope in smaller yet still meaningful and perhaps even transformative initiatives that we are a part of. For me, as we begin 2022, one of these things has been the launch of the Drexel Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) program.
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11/29/2021 11:59:28 AM
Dean Diez Roux reflects on the 25-year history of the Dornsife School of Public Health and looks ahead to the next 25 years.
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10/28/2021 9:32:00 AM
The last year and a half has made more visible than ever the multiple ways in which the social and economic systems that we live in affect our health and create and sustain profound inequities in health across races, social classes, and neighborhoods.
Dean Diez Roux shares lessons about creating a healthier city have emerged from these past 18 months.
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