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This year’s Crown Awards video celebrated our front line heroes—physicians, researchers, staff, students, and trainees—who have responded so valiantly to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Columbia University COVID researchers are working to improve coronavirus testing, find new antivirals, and develop new ways to prevent transmission.
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A new nationwide study of more than 50,000 individuals—coordinated by Columbia researchers—is now underway to determine factors that predict disease severity and long-term health impacts of COVID-19.
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A nasal spray created by Columbia researchers prevented transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets, suggesting the spray could also prevent transmission of the coronavirus in people.
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- July 21, 2020
Hispanic mothers had higher rates of COVID-19 than other groups of women, but ethnicity had no effect on outcomes among 100 women with COVID-19 who delivered at two hospitals in northern Manhattan.
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- July 21, 2020
Columbia dental students in the Hispanic Student Dental Association are finding ways to promote oral health in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic without compromising safety.
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- July 17, 2020
Columbia virologist Vincent Racaniello, host of the podcast "This Week in Virology," interviewed Anthony Fauci, NIAID director, about our current understanding of COVID-19 and progress with vaccines.
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- July 14, 2020
Patients who experienced delirium were more likely to be cognitively impaired three or more months after the delirium episode, a new study from Columbia researchers has found.
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- July 14, 2020
David Buchholz, MD, discusses patients’ concerns about returning for regular care and the measures Columbia practices are taking to keep patients and providers safe.
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- July 10, 2020
Based on their experience treating COVID-19, Columbia physicians have assembled critical information about the coronavirus’s effects on organs outside the lungs.
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- July 8, 2020
A video that chronicles the medical school’s response to COVID-19 illustrates how the entire Columbia community came together to confront the most challenging health crisis of our time.
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- July 8, 2020
A new study compares different NYC reopening scenarios and suggests that keeping all industries, including schools, at 50% capacity may keep COVID-19 at relatively low levels through May 2021.
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- July 8, 2020
Mailman researchers estimate that the overall COVID-19 fatality rate in New York City is 1.45%, twice that of estimates from other countries, and older adults have the greatest mortality risk.
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- July 3, 2020
Angela Rasmussen, PhD, and Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, answer a few of the most pressing questions about staying safe this summer.
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