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.
“Compared to non-users, marijuana users had 27% higher levels of iron in their blood, and 21% higher levels in their urine,” said lead author Tiffany Sanchez of the Mailman School of Public Health.
Editor's Note: The Columbia University research referenced here was led by Seth Prins, an assistant professor of epidemiology and sociomedical sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health.
The researchers referenced here are Yousin Suh, the Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Reproductive Sciences, and Zev Williams, the Wendy D. Havens Associate Professor of Women's Health.
