New COVID-19 cases in the United States will begin to decline in late April, according to the latest projections from Columbia University, but only if a certain level of physical distancing remains.
Although acute respiratory distress syndrome still appears to be the leading cause of death in COVID-19 patients, blood complications are not far behind, said Behnood Bikdeli, a fellow at CUIMC.
A technique that zaps airborne viruses with a narrow-wavelength band of UV light shows promise for curtailing the person-to-person spread of COVID-19 in indoor public places.
In late March, Vincent Racaniello, host of the podcast “This Week in Virology” and a professor at Columbia University, conducted an interview with pediatric infectious-disease expert Mark Denison.
About 15% of pregnant women admitted to two maternity wards in northern Manhattan in late March and early April were already infected with the new coronavirus; the vast majority had no symptoms.
Writing in NEJM, Wafaa El-Sadr and Jessica Justman urge countries around the world to take concrete steps to assist Africa in staying ahead of the curve, even as they confront their own epidemics.
Seizures are usually considered a side effect of brain cancer, but a new Columbia University study of mice suggests they may also fuel the further growth of brain tumors.
The brainchild of Vibhu Krishna, a medical student at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, "Faces of the Frontline," shares stories on Instagram from the COVID-19 front line.
