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Stronger air quality standards that lower the acceptable level of fine particulate pollutants in the air would benefit the health of Black and low-income Americans the most.
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Suffer no more. A Columbia University allergist explains how to survive the seasons that make many of us long for the dead of winter.
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Anthony S. Fauci will be presented with the Frank A. Calderone Prize on April 27 in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to protecting and improving the public’s health.
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Candy, baked goods, and other edibles made with THC can appeal to young children and have serious consequences if consumed. A pediatrician explains.
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Latest News
- January 6, 2016
A Mailman School of Public Health study suggests gender differences in depression and anxiety may have more socially constructed roots than previously thought.
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- November 12, 2015
Mailman's David Bell received the first grant CDC has given for a teen pregnancy prevention program focused on males.
- November 12, 2015
While stigma delays progress against HIV for many vulnerable groups, few groups have been less visible than female drug users.
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- November 11, 2015
A Mailman research team modeled the spread of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone for future real-time use of disease outbreaks elsewhere.
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- November 6, 2015
Mailman's Y. Claire Wang finds that with 1 in 7 adults severely obese, overall medical costs reached an estimated $69 billion for obesity-related health issues.
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- October 27, 2015
Many still lack access to HIV care. In Zimbabwe, ICAP has embarked on a novel program to gather household data to assess the epidemic and expand treatment.
- October 26, 2015
Exceeding Expectations is a project of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center. Every week, they will introduce you to a New Yorker you'll want to meet.
- October 23, 2015
A new Mailman study examines the separate effects of clinical symptoms and labeling on stigma in young people identified as at risk for psychotic disorders.
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- October 22, 2015
Deborah Hasin finds that marijuana use has doubled in the United States, and with the increase comes more marijuana use disorders and cannabis-related accidents.
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- October 8, 2015
A Mailman study found that smokers who continue to smoke after treatment for alcoholism are at a greater risk of relapsing.
