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Children born during the pandemic, including those exposed to COVID in utero, were no more likely to screen positive for autism than unexposed or pre-pandemic children.
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The 2024 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award recognizes Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool Karim for global contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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A new study reveals how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria adopt a different diet when colonizing the lungs, suggesting a new treatment strategy for these often dangerous staph infections.
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Researchers from the NIH RECOVER Initiative have identified long COVID symptoms in kids and teens, which could ultimately lead to improved diagnoses and treatments for millions.
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- March 3, 2022
COVID vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments offer less protection against new omicron subvariants, a new study from researchers at Columbia and University of Hong Kong finds.
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- February 10, 2022
Columbia researchers could receive up to $9.4 million to learn about long COVID in children and young adults as part of NIH’s REsearching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) initiative.
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- February 9, 2022
A common virus that causes no harm in most people may be a danger to organ transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people, Columbia University researchers have found.
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- February 7, 2022
When can a child return to gym class and organized sports after a COVID infection? Columbia University's pediatric cardiologists have guidance.
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- February 3, 2022
A study reports that the brains of a small sample of patients who died of COVID display some of the same molecular changes found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
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- January 10, 2022
Just two months after omicron emerged on the scene, many of the uncertainties about the new variant are starting to become clear.
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- January 5, 2022
Computer modeling of the omicron wave by Mailman's Jeffrey Shaman suggests case numbers may subside as quickly as they climbed, peaking by mid-January in New York City.
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- January 4, 2022
Babies born during the pandemic’s first year—even to moms who did not have COVID during pregnancy—scored slightly lower on a screening test of social and motor skills compared to pre-pandemic babies.
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- December 17, 2021
A new study from COVID researchers at Columbia and the University of Hong Kong adds more evidence that the omicron variant can evade the immune protection conferred by vaccines and natural infection.
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- December 15, 2021
Despite the emotional challenges, the holidays offer a chance to put work aside, catch our breath, and rejoice with loved ones, says Columbia psychologist Dr. Zachary Blumkin.
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