The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated guidance to acknowledge that COVID-19 is primarily being spread through the air we breathe. While research has indicated as much for quite some time, the formal […]
Month: April 2021
Autism Acceptance Month: Social Capital Expert
For April’s Autism Awareness Month, Drexel News Blog is highlighting experts from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick, PhD, is a social capital expert.
The Pandemic Will End, but We’re Probably Stuck with the Coronavirus
Many scientists believe that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, will become “endemic.” It will seasonally circulate in a similar fashion to the other common respiratory viruses, such as those that cause the common cold or flu. If this bears out, there will not be a true end to the pandemic (with accompanying ticker tape parade down Broad Street), but a gradual transition, to an illness that we will have to live with.
Q+A: What Does the MLB All-Star Game Have to Do with Antitrust Exemptions?
Joel Maxcy, PhD, of LeBow College of Business, explains the history Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption and what’s at stake for the MLB.
Autism Acceptance Month: Prenatal and Environmental Risk Factor Expert
For April’s Autism Awareness Month, Drexel News Blog is highlighting experts from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. Kristen Lyall, ScD, is a prenatal and environmental risk factor expert.
Autism Acceptance Month: Epidemiology and Risk Factors Expert
For April’s Autism Awareness Month, Drexel News Blog is highlighting experts from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. iana Schendel, PhD, is a professor at the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute and leads the Research Program in Modifiable Risk Factors for ASD.
Autism Acceptance Month: Early Learning and Intervention Expert
For April’s Autism Awareness Month, Drexel News Blog is highlighting experts from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. Giacomo Vivanti, PhD is an early learning and intervention expert.
Two new species of already-endangered screech owls discovered in the Brazilian Rainforest
Analysis of recordings of owls’ screeches and DNA from a museum specimen that is over 173 years old informs new species. Scientists have been studying screech owls for decades and while they are considered a […]
