“This is some validation for the community that this isn’t just a bunch of people who are complaining a lot,” said Dr. Daniel Griffin, an infectious disease expert at Columbia University.
“You want to be cautious,” said Matthew Harms, who runs the ALS Families Project at Columbia, adding that he agrees there needs to be more advocacy and research for carriers.
Editor's Note: Susannah Hills, interviewed here, is an assistant professor of otolaryngology head and neck surgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Many of Edith Bracho-Sanchez's patients have never heard her story, but there is a connection. There is a special love and compassion and strength from what she endured that they can feel.
In addition to COVID-19 and flu, another respiratory virus, RSV, is also circulating, according to Edith Bracho-Sanchez, a pediatrician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City.
Lucky Tran, director of science communication at Columbia University, discovered this himself when he attempted to use Threads to seek out research related to covid, something he does every day.
Data from a handful of labs suggest that patients infected with XBB.1.5 developed enough antibodies to “adequately handle” current versions of the virus, according to David Ho of Columbia University.
ABC News’ Becky Worley joins Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez and Maya Feller to share tips on how to prepare kids mentally and physically for the return to school.
“A lot of the young people that I’ve been treating have had difficulties getting their medications month to month,” said Dr. Warren Ng, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University.