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Scientists have developed the first broad-spectrum antivenom to neutralize neurotoxins from 19 of the deadliest snakes.
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Perera received the inaugural Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award at an event celebrating her groundbreaking studies that revealed the harms to children caused by environmental toxins.
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Gazi Azad helped develop Partners in School, an implementation package designed to increase the use of evidence-based practices at home and in school for children with autism.
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Columbia researchers have found cannabis use disorder is rising among pregnant women as more states legalize the drug. Doctors advise against cannabis use during pregnancy,
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- June 12, 2024
A study finds that babies born after exposure to famine in utero show signs of accelerated aging six decades later.
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- June 11, 2024
As part of a new study funded by the Wellcome Trust, Darby Jack is measuring the effects of heat exposure during pregnancy on birth outcomes, child development, and overall mortality.
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- June 5, 2024
A Columbia sociologist makes a case for a sex-positive epidemiology that considers pleasure, satisfaction, and well-being alongside familiar outcomes such as sexually transmitted infections.
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- June 5, 2024
Health departments continue to face challenges in recruiting new employees including insufficient funding, a shortage of people with public health training, and lengthy hiring processes.
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- May 16, 2024
NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli spoke at the Class Day celebration for nearly 750 graduating students of the Mailman School of Public Health.
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- May 14, 2024
A new initiative brings researchers in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology closer to understanding the impact of the environment on women's health.
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- May 14, 2024
More than 130 faculty, staff, and students from the Mailman School of Public Health volunteered with local community groups on April 19, highlighting the school’s commitment to community engagement.
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- May 14, 2024
A symposium commemorated the accomplishments of the program, one of the first academic programs in the world to address the deficiencies in health services provided in humanitarian response.
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- May 9, 2024
After the rollout of a subway safety plan in February 2022, complaints to transit police had not returned to pre-pandemic levels 18 months later.
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- April 30, 2024
Adana Llanos, PhD, MPH, confronts racial inequities in breast cancer and unveils the hidden impacts of chemical exposures from personal care products.
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