Jessica Justman, MD, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at Columbia, says vaccinated people still need to take some precautions for now.
A systematic screening program designed for athletes testing positive for COVID-19 has detected a low incidence of inflammatory heart disease, so far returning professional athletes safely to sport.
The first CUIMC Grand Rounds, launched by the four deans of Columbia University Irving Medical Center schools, was presented by David Ho, MD, on new variants of the coronavirus.
New insights published in the journal Immunity (Cell Press) by a team led by CUMC's Sankar Ghosh and Alan Sher of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Methylene blue, an affordable synthetic dye, has been shown to be highly effective at blocking transmission of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum from patients to mosquito hosts.