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- Is the United States Honoring Its ‘Melting Pot’ Identity?
  
  January 22, 2021
  
  Three recent papers from researchers at Dornsife, discuss continued inequalities and growing challenges faced by many immigrants in the U.S.
  
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- COVID-19 Health Inequities in Cities Dashboard
  
  January 21, 2021
  
  The Urban Health Collaborative at Dornsife has partnered with the Big Cities Health Coalition to release the "COVID-19 Health Inequities in Cities Dashboard."
  
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- The Burden of High Blood Sugar in Diabetes Patients in Philadelphia
  
  January 13, 2021
  
  New research out of the Urban Health Collaborative examined associations of uncontrolled hyperglycemia with sociodemographic and cardiovascular factors.
  
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- Successful Pilot Integrates PrEP and Syringe Exchange Services
  
  December 16, 2020
  
  A new study shows that implementing PrEP distribution within a community-based syringe services program gets the medication into the hands of women who inject drugs — a population disproportionately impacted by HIV. The results, from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, were recently published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
  
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- SEPTA and Drexel Team up to Battle COVID-19
  
  December 15, 2020
  
  Researchers from Drexel University will be working with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on a partnership aimed at enhancing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation. Through a recently formed partnership, the institutions are pursuing a federal grant for research into risk assessment, mitigation and communication strategies that will help keep riders safe and healthy.
  
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  Fracking Activity Associated with Increased Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalizations
  
  December 08, 2020
  
  New research led by a Dornsife post-doctoral research fellow found that exposure to fracking activity may increase heart failure hospitalizations across large regions.
  
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- Drexel’s Interdisciplinary Battle Against COVID-19
  
  December 07, 2020
  
  From administering COVID tests to conducting case investigation and contact tracing, the University has relied on a cross-college battalion of faculty, professional staff and students to protect Dragons against the coronavirus, and in turn, protect the surrounding community.
  
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- $9 Million Gift from Philanthropists Dana and David Dornsife to Establish Center on Racism and Health at Drexel
  
  December 01, 2020
  
  A $9 million gift from Drexel University alumna Dana Dornsife and her husband David to the University’s School of Public Health will help launch a new Center on Racism and Health, recruit and retain faculty experts on racial inequities in health and endow the deanship for public health. The longtime philanthropists, widely known for their humanitarian efforts, are the largest single benefactors in the University’s history, having donated more than $70 million. The School of Public Health was named in their honor after a $45 million gift in 2015.
  
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- National Autism Indicators Report: The Complex Health and Health Care of Individuals with Autism
  
  December 01, 2020
  
  In the recently published sixth report in the National Autism Indicators Report series, researchers from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute highlight a holistic picture of what health and health care look like across the life course for people on the autism spectrum.
  
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- Sellers and Realtors Working Together May Make More Homes Smoke-free and Easier to Sell, Drexel Study Says
  
  November 30, 2020
  
  Even in a strong market, tobacco smoke residue in a home may discourage buyers from considering a property, according to a survey of 329 realtors in four Philadelphia-area counties published this month in the journal Tobacco Regulatory Science.
  
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