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Columbia researchers are developing an optical fiber system that uses a type of UV light to sterilize areas around skin-penetrating medical devices.
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A type of ultraviolet light that is harmless to humans could be a new weapon against the spread of flu virus in public spaces.
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At TED 2017, CUMC radiation scientist David Brenner discussed his work using physics to create a new, potentially life-saving weapon against drug-resistant microbes.
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The risk is small, but a new study shows antibiotics can potentially cause harm to patients who do not themselves receive the antibiotics.
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- June 8, 2016
Scientists from Columbia University’s Center for Radiological Research have shown that a narrow wavelength of ultraviolet light safely killed drug-resistant MRSA bacteria in mice, suggesting its potential to reduce surgical site infections.
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- January 6, 2015
Preventing two of the most common health care-associated infections—bloodstream infections caused by central lines and pneumonia caused by ventilators—can increase the odds that these patients survive.
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- January 6, 2015
Study by Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, found that text message reminders helped increase young children's likelihood of receiving second dose of flu vaccine.
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- October 17, 2014
Rat population of New York City carries variety of disease-causing microbes.
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- October 6, 2014
Columbia Nursing confronts the Ebola outbreak, a tragic, textbook example of a public health crisis.
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- March 7, 2014
A model shows that a combination of four approaches could reduce the spread of HIV among drug users in NYC by more than 60 percent by 2040.
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- February 26, 2014
Three-quarters of camels in Saudi Arabia have evidence of the deadly virus behind Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, finds a study by the Center for Infection and Immunity.
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- February 14, 2014
While most hospitals have policies to prevent health care-associated infections, clinicians often fail to follow the guidelines established to prevent these infections.
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- February 4, 2014
Mailman School researchers report that HIV-positive men whose moods improved were more likely to have safe sex than they would normally.
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- January 6, 2014
Brief fever appears to be common in kids given influenza and pneumococcal vaccines together—new findings from Columbia and CDC researchers, published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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