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- Racial Disparities in COVID-19
  
  November 05, 2020
  
  Dornsife researchers provided updates on what is known about inequities in COVID-19 and discussed what actions are needed to address them and to address racial health inequities more generally.
  
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- Dornsife Faculty, Staff and Students Participate in the First-Ever All Virtual APHA Meeting
  
  October 26, 2020
  
  Despite not being able to gather in-person, members of the Dornsife community still participated at APHA in numerous ways.
  
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- Professor Martinez-Donate Presented with Local Nonprofit Congreso's Community Champion Award
  
  October 26, 2020
  
  Martinez-Donate was awarded the Community Champion Award by Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., a Philadelphia nonprofit with a mission to enable individuals and families in predominantly Latino neighborhoods to achieve economic self-sufficiency and wellbeing.
  
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- What Happens When We Have A Vaccine?
  
  October 22, 2020
  
  Experts explore the unique challenges that may arise in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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- Environment and Services Affect Child Survival in Latin American Cities
  
  October 20, 2020
  
  A recent publication from the Salud Urbana en América Latina (SALURBAL) project highlighted inequalities in the chance children in the region have of surviving the first year of life, depending on the city in which they are born.
  
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- They Wrote the Book on ‘Pandemics for Babies’
  
  October 19, 2020
  
  Inspired by their public health backgrounds and their young son, two Drexel alums (one now a Drexel professor) authored two children’s books about pandemics and germ theory.
  
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- Infant Mortality in the U.S. Remains High; A New Drexel Study Shares How to Best Spend Money to Save Lives
  
  October 19, 2020
  
  Increasing state and local funding for environmental, educational and social services may lower infant mortality among those at highest risk, particularly among infants born to teenage mothers, according to findings published this week in the journal Pediatrics from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health.
  
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- Drexel Study: Medicaid and Adults on the Autism Spectrum
  
  October 15, 2020
  
  Using administrative data from the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX), researchers from Drexel University's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute found a substantial increase in the percent of adults receiving services for autism in the Medicaid population from 2008-2012.
  
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- The Twitter Origins and Evolution of the COVID-19 “Plandemic” Conspiracy Theory
  
  October 14, 2020
  
  Dornsife researchers examine the “plandemic” conspiracy theory that was fueled by a fake documentary and trended via Twitter in May 2020.
  
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- Mann Lecture Speaker Dr. Bassett Discusses What Epidemics Reveal
  
  October 14, 2020
  
  The 2020 Dornsife Mann Lecture was given by Dr. Bassett, a leader in advancing health equity.
  
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