Students from historically Black colleges and universities joined Columbia biomedical research laboratories for a summer of science, as part of the Ernest E. Just Biomedical Research Scholars program.
The monkeypox has recently been declared a public health emergency in the United States and experts have expressed concern that the virus could become endemic.
Of the 1,119 physicians and surgeons named to New York magazine’s 2010 list of “Best Doctors,” 25 percent are affiliated with Columbia University Medical Center.