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- 196,000 Youth Lose Health Insurance Coverage in Past 3 Years; Yet Some Upsides Remain, Drexel Study Says
  
  August 22, 2019
  
  The national implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014 was associated with gains in health insurance coverage for youth, but some of those gains have reversed during the past three years, according to findings published this month in Academic Pediatrics from researchers at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University.
  
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- Assaults to EMS First Responders are Felonies in Pennsylvania, So Why Do Many Victims Feel They Do Not Receive Justice?
  
  August 16, 2019
  
  Violence toward first responders is widespread and can face a felony charge in Pennsylvania, yet new research shows that victims often feel they do not receive legal justice.
  
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- The Names Behind Drexel Buildings
  
  August 07, 2019
  
  Ever wondered who Bossone or Stratton or Disque were, and why those are the names of buildings on Drexel’s University City Campus?
  
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- Understanding Risk and Protective Factors for HIV Infection Among Adolescent Mothers in South Africa
  
  August 07, 2019
  
  In London, Dornsife researchers presented quantitative and qualitative findings of two studies conducted in Durban, South Africa.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Spring 2019
  
  July 11, 2019
  
  Read all about the sponsored research and major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel, like the 53 faculty and staff members who were named this year’s Drexel Areas of Research Excellence (DARE) awardees.
  
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- New Grant to Assess Health of Mexican Immigrants to the United States
  
  June 28, 2019
  
  Dornsife researcher was awarded a 5-year, $3.1 million R01 grant, from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
  
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- Arthur L. Frank Professorship Established at Dornsife
  
  June 28, 2019
  
  A named professorship – the Arthur L. and Joanne B. Frank award — has been created at the Dornsife School of Public Health.
  
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- Democrats and Republicans Agree: Take Politics out of Health Policymaking
  
  June 18, 2019
  
  Despite era of Divisiveness, Americans across Party Lines call for Greater Role of Evidence-based Research in Health-related Lawmaking
  
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- 2019 Dornsife Awards
  
  June 07, 2019
  
  The Dornsife School of Health announces student, faculty, and staff award recipients for 2019.
  
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- Survey Suggests Community Support for Proposed Overdose Prevention Site in Philadelphia
  
  June 06, 2019
  
  Ninety percent of residents and 63 percent of business owners and staff surveyed in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood support opening an overdose prevention site in their community, according to a study led by researchers at Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health published this week in the Journal of Urban Health.
  
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