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  • Many State Lawmakers Want to Loosen Childhood Vaccine Requirements, But Legal Barriers Persist

    November 29, 2018

    An analysis of proposed vaccine legislation between 2011 and 2017 shows that although the majority of proposed bills would have allowed more parents to exempt their children from school immunization requirements, those that favored vaccines were more likely to become law.

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  • Book Cover: Breathtaking

    Breathtaking: Q&A on Asthma Care and Climate Change with Ali Kenner, PhD

    November 27, 2018

    Alison Kenner, PhD, assistant professor of politics and of science, technology and society, has studied how people live with and care for asthma for more than a decade. Her new book, “Breathtaking: Asthma Care in a Time of Climate Change,” published by the University of Minnesota Press, examines this chronic disorder in light of global environmental changes.

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  • Drexel Dragon Logo Blue

    CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

    November 26, 2018

    We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of members of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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  • John Brooks

    Student Veteran Embraces Change and Finds Future in Politics

    November 12, 2018

    United States Marine Corps veteran and senior political science major John Brooks shared his path to Drexel and how he’s giving back to veterans in the Philadelphia community. Here’s his story in his own words, as told to staff writer Kylie Gray.

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  • Ocean and waves

    Q+A: Why Should the United States Contribute to Climate Finance?

    November 08, 2018

    Global temperatures have been rising for decades, but recent headlines indicate that climate change is happening even faster than climate scientists anticipated. Recent studies show the Earth’s oceans are building and storing heat at rates much higher than previously estimated. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), recently released a sobering report detailing the looming economic and environmental impacts of a rapidly warming world.

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