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More Than 900 Cases of U.K. Variant Have Been Detected in U.S.(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The Wall Street Journal

February 10, 2021

“We are really now in a race between the virus and the new variants, on one side, and on the other side the vaccine scale,” said Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia.
Active COVID Cases May Be 10 Times Official Count

February 9, 2021

Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 120 million people in the United States may have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, according to researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health.

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Infectious Diseases
CUIMC Update - Feb. 8, 2021

February 8, 2021

View the CUIMC Update, a weekly e-newsletter featuring medical center news and the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and trainees.

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CUIMC Update
Facebook vowed to crack down on Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, but misleading posts remain easy to find(link is external and opens in a new window)

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CNN Online

February 8, 2021

Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University, called vaccine misinformation on social media "very dangerous" and said it could have "dire consequences."
Critical Flaw Found in Lab Models of the Human Blood-Brain Barrier

February 8, 2021

Cells used to study the human blood-brain barrier in the lab aren’t what they seem, a new study has found, throwing nearly a decade’s worth of research into question.

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Research
NIH Funding: VP&S Ranks No. 5, Nursing No. 4, Mailman No. 6

February 8, 2021

In NIH funding for Federal Fiscal Year 2020, VP&S reached its highest ranking ever. Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health also ranked high.

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Campus News
Black History Month: Spotlight on Marwah Abdalla, MD

February 7, 2021

In her research, cardiologist Marwah Abdalla looks for interventions at the individual level to counteract the health effects of structural racism.

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Campus News
Why the Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think(link is external and opens in a new window)

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NPR Online

February 6, 2021

The model has not been published or peer-reviewed yet, but lead researcher, Jeffrey Shaman, an infectious disease specialist at Columbia University, shared the data exclusively with NPR.
What Do We Know about the COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy?

February 5, 2021

Pregnant women face greater risks to their health from COVID-19 than the general population and should be offered a vaccine if eligible, say experts at Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian.

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Campus News
Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy Have No Increased Risk of Developing COVID

February 5, 2021

Cancer patients on active treatment are 35% less likely to develop COVID-19 than patients not receiving treatment, though those who did test positive for SARS-CoV-2 experienced higher death rates.

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Cancer