Study finds that postpartum depression is underdiagnosed in those reporting symptoms up to a year after giving birth, with Black and Asian individuals least likely to receive treatment.
Columbia public health researchers have found that laws that punish drug use during pregnancy worsened family health outcomes or had no beneficial effect, contrary to the laws' intent.
Millions more Americans will be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and become ill with COVID-19 if policies to enforce physical distancing are lifted prematurely, Mailman epidemiologists say.
Mailman experts and other policymakers discuss measures that should be deployed during vaccine rollout to reduce inequities, already worsened by the pandemic, in the U.S. and globally.
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, will serve as the next director of Columbia World Projects, an initiative focused on bringing Columbia's academic resources to bear on the great challenges facing humanity.
A strategic decision-making and team-building exercise for hospital executives—developed at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health—now includes a simulated pandemic.
Preterm births increased by nearly 7% among women from countries impacted by the 2017 "Muslim travel ban" in the eight months after the ban was enacted.
Cannabis vaporizer brands use Instagram to market their products by posting images that appeal to young people and tagging popular social media influencers, a new study from Mailman has found.
A study of millions of Americans found that fine particulate air pollution is associated with an increased risk of hospital admission for several neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 may become a regular occurrence depending on the risk of reinfection, vaccine availability and efficacy, and interactions with other viruses, Mailman researchers say.