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New genetic and patient analyses suggest severe COVID is linked to overactive complement, one of the immune system’s oldest branches, and excess blood clotting.
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Googling for financial issues and disaster help rose sharply early in the COVID-19 pandemic and may portend a future increase in suicides, Columbia researchers found.
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A breast cancer patient explains how her treatment team unflinchingly continued her care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Heart transplants, donor hearts, and transplant waitlists all fell sharply at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Columbia University researchers have found.
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- April 8, 2020
Aggressive social distancing and hospital preparations are needed to prevent more illness and death, even in counties with few COVID-19 cases, a study led by Columbia researchers has found.
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- April 7, 2020
Approximately 1,000 COVID-19 tests are now being processed each day to determine if a person is currently infected, along with about 50 tests a day to look for antibodies in people who have recovered.
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- April 4, 2020
Columbia engineers, in collaboration with CUIMC and NewYork-Presbyterian, created a face shield design that can be die cut for less than $1 per shield, made in seconds, and is easy to assemble.
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- April 3, 2020
Scientists at Columbia's Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center are using technologies developed to study cancer to look for drugs to treat COVID-19 and disarm the virus.
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- April 1, 2020
Columbia doctors developed a protocol for treating two COVID-19 patients with a single ventilator.
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- March 31, 2020
Columbia has established a COVID-19 Biobank to collect and disseminate biological specimens and clinical data for researchers at Columbia University and elsewhere.
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- March 31, 2020
The scientists behind the podcast, “This Week in Virology,” vet the latest information about COVID-19 for the public and physicians.
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- March 30, 2020
Columbia established a fever and cough clinic where people with respiratory symptoms can see a health care provider and, if clinically warranted, be tested for COVID-19.
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- March 30, 2020
For the first time in New York state, a COVID-19 survivor has been screened for antibodies that could be used to treat others with the disease.
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- March 30, 2020
In a letter to Columbia physicians on National Doctors' Day, Jack Cioffi, MD, president of ColumbiaDoctors, applauds their courage, resourcefulness, and spirit.
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