Closing indoor dining during the first two waves of the pandemic was associated with a 61% decline in new COVID-19 cases over a six-week span, preventing an estimated 142 daily cases per city, compared with cities that reopened indoor dining during that period, according to recently published data from experts at the Dornsife School of Public […]
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Genetic tracing ‘barcode’ is rapidly revealing COVID-19’s journey and evolution
October 5, 2020 – Drexel University researchers have reported a method to quickly identify and label mutated versions of the virus that causes COVID-19. Their analysis, using information from a global database of genetic information gleaned from coronavirus testing, suggests that there are at least 8 to 14 slightly different versions of the virus infecting […]
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Beyond encryption: Protecting consumer privacy while keeping survey results accurate
April 22, 2020 – It comes as no surprise that consumer data is continuously being collected by various organizations, including local governments, marketing agencies and social media companies. These organizations assure anonymity and confidentiality when collecting this data, however, existing data privacy laws don’t guarantee that data breaches won’t occur. According to a recent report, more […]
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300+ Law Professors Issue Letter Urging Senators Collins and Murkowski to Vote Against Judge Brett Kavanaugh
August 29, 2018 – Today, a group of 336 law professors from across the country issued a letter to Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) urging them to vote against Judge Brett Kavanaugh when his nomination to the Supreme Court comes to the Senate floor. Praising Senators Collins and Murkowski for supporting Roe […]
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Two-thirds of Americans see docs who got paid by drug companies
March 7, 2017 – A majority of patients in the United States visited a doctor who received payments from drug companies, but most have no clue about it, according to a new Drexel University study. About 65 percent of those surveyed as a part of the study by Genevieve Pham-Kanter, PhD, an assistant professor in […]
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Black Males Nearly 3 Times as Likely to Die Due to Police Action, Study Finds
December 21, 2016 – A new Drexel University study found that black males are nearly three times as likely to be killed by police action as white males, while Hispanic males are more than one-and-a-half times as likely to fall victim. James Buehler, MD, a clinical professor in Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health, conducted […]