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The new report addresses the responsible use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and is a call to action for biomedical research to rethink how it uses race and ethnicity.
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The cost of childbirth and postpartum health care can cause significant, ongoing financial hardship, particularly for lower-income families with commercial insurance, a new study shows.
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The center will catalyze research into the complex relationships between climate and health and promote evidence-based policies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health.
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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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- September 20, 2024
Findings from the Mailman School's HEATE project could inform policy interventions to safeguard the health and well-being of New Yorkers against the threat of extreme indoor temperatures.
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- September 11, 2024
Columbia researchers found an increase in surgical sterilization among women after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
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- September 11, 2024
The "StreetTalk" method—deployed by Mailman researchers to study energy insecurity—could change the way qualitative research is conducted and publicized while maintaining rigorous standards.
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- September 6, 2024
Researchers at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health found that Florida’s red flag gun law, enacted in 2018, was associated with an 11% reduction in firearm homicide rates from 2019 to 2021.
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- September 6, 2024
Ngo will join Columbia from the Population Council, where he leads a team working on a range of global health issues, including sexual and reproductive rights, gender equity, and climate justice.
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- August 29, 2024
Columbia researcher Jasmine McDonald, who studies factors that affect the risk of developing breast cancer, discusses what is known about breastfeeding's protective influence on maternal health.
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- August 28, 2024
Adding a measure of psychological health to a predictor of mortality from heart disease improved predictions, particularly among Black and female populations.
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- August 14, 2024
Columbia researchers found that exposure to famine early in gestation—but not in the first years of life or late gestation—increased the risk of developing type 2 diabetes decades later.
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- August 13, 2024
Virginia Apgar, creator of the Apgar Score, made contributions beyond the score that has been used for seven decades to assess the health of newborns.
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- August 9, 2024
A model that examines the dynamics underlying suicide contagion following a celebrity death could help in developing a rapid response to prevent suicide.
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