“Modest rises in the use of antidepressant and anxiety medications allay concerns over the pandemic driving steep increases in common mood and anxiety disorders,” Dr. Mark Olfson said in an email.
Craig Spencer, director of global health in the Department of Emergency Medicine, explains the risks associated with gathering thousands of people indoors during a pandemic.
It’s a phrase that Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Mailman School of Public Health, hears often from friends who ask if it’s safe to meet up outside, or to invite others for a meal.
Healthe of Melbourne, FL, has created disinfectant devices that use a different technology, far-UVC light, said David Brenner, director of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University.
Dr. Elaine Larson, professor emerita of nursing research and professor emerita of epidemiology at Columbia University, is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on hand hygiene.
Ahmed Owda, a fourth-year medical student at Columbia University, has been attending protests in New York in his scrubs with bottles of water and a first-aid kit.
Amid the maelstrom, Bianca Jones Marlin, a neuroscientist at Columbia University, posted a video message addressed to other Black scientists. “I’m here to hear your stories. Because I get it.”
“As allies and public health workers, we want to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and contribute to safe protesting,” Shayna Feuer, a CUSON master's student, says.
