“Sesame Street” is a show that has spent decades teaching children that although everyone is different, everyone is also normal. The latest character to show that is Julia, a Muppet 4-year-old with autism. Having already […]
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After the AHCA: Is There Room for Compromise on Health Care?
The American Health Care Act appears to be dead, barring a pre-Easter resurrection. But is there an underlying consensus on elements of future health care legislation that could make a future bill palatable to a […]
Deportation Fears Hurt American Health System
Recent policy changes from the White House regarding immigration are likely to play a role in worsening non-citizens’ health — and worsening the health of Americans’ pocketbooks — according to a professor in the Dornsife […]
Quick-Take: Bringing the Public Health Perspective to Automated Cars
“The projected reductions in morbidity and mortality from autonomous vehicles not only assume a near-ideal implementation — with few, if any, mechanical and software failures — but they also assume that forced decisions are being […]
Q+A: Can We Stop Both Urban Violence and Mass Shootings With a Public Health Approach?
Is the national focus on mass shootings minimizing the effects of exposure to gun violence in urban communities of color, where it’s most pervasive? Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public […]
Talking It Out: Constant Trauma and Its Effect on Young Men of Color
In a brief he wrote this fall for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Drexel University’s John Rich related the story of Andre, a black 19-year-old who, while walking home from work, was shot by an […]
Report on Autism to Congress Utilizes Drexel Autism Institute Report’s Findings
The landmark report of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute’s Life Course Outcomes research program served as the statistical basis for many of the findings in a recent Government Accountability Office report to Congress. Using information […]
Drexel Celebrates International Education Week
In celebration of International Education Week, Nov. 14 to 18, Drexel University’s School of Education is partnering with the Office of International Programs to provide various events in conjunction with other Drexel departments, including Student […]
Quick Take: Your Neighborhood Factors Into Your Stroke Risk
“Where we live influences our health in a lot of ways: Whether a neighborhood is walkable, the availability of health foods, the levels of security and stress we feel in our neighborhood and many other […]
Snapshot: Autism Institute Receives Funds Toward New Certificate Program
Last week, the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute received $60,000 to help create a new, non-credit certificate program designed to make the transition out of high school easier for those with intellectual disability and autism spectrum […]