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Two new monoclonal antibodies are prime candidates for development into new COVID drugs for people with weak immune systems.
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A new study published in Nature offers reassuring data on the updated COVID vaccines.
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Quick fixes are not the answer when seeking ways to boost your immunity or increase your protection against infection.
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A study involving Columbia researchers finds that malaria parasites in Africa have developed resistance to artemisinin drugs, which could worsen malaria’s impact if partner drugs fail in the future.
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- April 22, 2013
In two new papers investigators at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) report the discovery of hepaciviruses and pegiviruses—close relatives of HCV—in rodents and bats.
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- March 27, 2013
High levels of antibodies to five common infections found to be associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline.
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- March 26, 2013
CUMC brings jazz pianist Fred Hersch's "My Coma Dreams" to Miller Theatre.
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- March 25, 2013
The virus that causes cold sores, along with other viral or bacterial infections, may be associated with cognitive problems; a new study from CUMC's Mira Katan and Mitch Elkind.
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- December 17, 2012
New findings in Critical Care: severe sepsis and neurological dysfunction are independently associated with an increased future risk of dementia.
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- December 13, 2012
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.
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- December 6, 2012
Cold and flu season has arrived, and viruses spread rapidly in a communal setting, making hand washing both crucial and timely.
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- November 27, 2012
What happens when people use at-home HIV tests to screen sexual partners? Researcher Alex Carballo-Dieguez finds out.
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- October 25, 2012
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have created the first true mouse model of typhoid infection.
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- October 15, 2012
Screening practices for MDROs in ICUs vary widely
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