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More people die by suicide using a firearm than any other means. Fed up with that reality, gun owners and researchers have teamed up to create a special project aimed at reducing suicides. The is one of a series of reports from our award-winning 2017 investigation: Preventing Suicide: Breaking the Silence.

People in the LGBTQ+ community are at a higher risk of attempting suicide than many other groups in society. Suicide attempt survivors and advocates say we need to do better to let young LGBTQ+ people know they matter and that suicide is not the answer. The is one of a series of reports from our award-winning 2017 investigation: Preventing Suicide:…

There’s concern about health systems becoming overrun as Pennsylvania saw close to 13,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day. NBC10’s Steven Fisher talks with Drexel’s Dr. Charles Cairns.

A vaccine for the coronavirus is developing at a record pace. Pfizer is ready to distribute it’s vaccine as soon as it is authorized to do so. Dr. Leslie McClure of the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health joins NBC10’s Jacqueline London and Tracy Davidson to discuss the timeline of when this vaccine will be ready and how accessible it...

There are now two vaccine trials with more than 90% efficacy rate at preventing COVID-19, one from Moderna, and another from Pfizer. Tracey Davidson speaks with Dr. Charles Cairns, Dean of Drexel University College of Medicine, to talk more about when we could start receiving vaccinations.

A Drexel University study found that cities that quickly offered indoor dining during the pandemic had more coronavirus cases than cities, like Philadelphia, that waited.

La Salle University is moving to remote virtual instruction after seeing coronavirus cases at other colleges and in young people.

Drexel University undergraduate students won’t return to campus this fall and will continue virtual learning amid the coronavirus pandemic. The school will also freeze their tuition.

Drexel University will continue virtual learning in the fall for all undergraduate students. They’re also canceling a tuition increase to help students who are struggling financially.

A study by The Hechinger Report found that many colleges and universities were already facing downturns in enrollment, retention, tuition revenue and state appropriations before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the school year. Senior editor Sarah Butrymowicz joined LX news to discuss how this added financial stress could change higher education post-pandemic.

Lots of information about the coronavirus is floating around in the internet, but much of it is false. A Drexel University public health professor explains how you can distinguish fact from fiction.

Unless international students take a class in-person, ICE may force them to leave the country. Here’s what Penn, Drexel, Temple are doing.

Dr. Christian Jordal, an associate clinical professor at Drexel University, speaks about bipolar disorders and mental heath in an interview with NBC10’s Jacqueline London and Keith Jones.

The Academy of Natrual Sciences of Drexel University is reopening after months of closure over coronavirus restrictions. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle talks to Scott Cooper of the academy about safety measures they are putting in place to keep guests safe.

Drexel University will provide hybrid learning in the fall. To try to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the school will have students download a special smartphone app. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal explains.

ICE has retracted a temporary rule that allowed foreign students to attend school online during the coronavirus pandemic — potentially forcing many out of the U.S. and preventing others from arriving in the fall. Rosanna Berardi, an immigration attorney, explains how the new rule is an extension of the Trump Administration’s attack on legal immigration.

Kevin Gillen, an urban policy expert at Drexel University, says that if history is any indicator, people won’t ditch city life because of the pandemic, but businesses might.

Take a look at the reopening plans for some of the largest universities and colleges in the Philadelphia area.

Researchers at Drexel University are trying to figure out why COVID-19 can be so lethal so quickly, as well as how protected people who have managed to recover might be in the future.

Not long after colleges and universities across the country were forced to shift to virtual learning amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the lawsuits began. With a handful of law firms driving the charge, students soon started filing class-action complaints against their schools — including Philadelphia’s three largest universities — arguing their remote education isn’t worth the full tuition price they paid…