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.
The explosion of COVID-19 cases in China was largely driven by people with mild or no symptoms who went undetected, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Researchers across Columbia University—including psychiatrists, data scientists, social workers, and engineers—are combining their efforts to address the opioid and substance use crisis.
About 13% of pregnant women who are depressed use cannabis, while only 4% of pregnant women without depression do, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
The National Institutes of Health has provided the Center for Infection and Immunity live SARS-CoV-2 samples to use in research to develop rapid tests and identify sources of transmission.
Cities with strong rail networks, including Barcelona, have the lowest road injury rates, while U.S. cities still experience high road injury rates from city designs that encourage motor vehicle use.
Researchers hoped treatment of HIV-infected infants within hours of birth would increase remission, but a new study finds that starting treatment within the first two weeks leads to similar outcomes.
Moms are subjected to more scrutiny, but binge drinking has increased in nearly all groups of adults in the past decade, a new study from the Mailman School of Public Health has found.
Columbia's David Ho and Wafaa El-Sadr—who have been fighting HIV and AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic in the 1980s—say ending AIDs in the United States by 2030 will take political will.
Among adults, frequent use of marijuana rose by 23% and cannabis use disorder increased by 37% in Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon, the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use.