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A study of New York City children found that those exposed to elevated levels of air pollution before birth were more likely in early adolescence to have poor academic skills.
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An online survey of LGBTQ+ persons in NYC will provide greater insight on the burden of COVID-19 disease in the community, use of COVID-19 preventative behaviors, and vaccine uptake.
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The CUIMC deans invite everyone in the CUIMC community to observe the Juneteenth holiday as a time of reflection and resolve and help our nation move toward a more equitable society.
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Programs that bring pharmacists into Black-owned barbershops could dramatically improve hypertension control and reduce heart disease disparities among Black men at a relatively modest cost.
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Latest News
- May 15, 2020
Reports that highlight the disparate impact of COVID-19 in communities of color should pay more attention to factors that give rise to those outcomes, Mailman researchers say.
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- May 7, 2020
New modeling projections by scientists at the Mailman School of Public Health estimate that COVID-19 cases and deaths will rebound in late May as U.S. states ease stay-at-home orders.
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- May 6, 2020
Columbia University has launched the COVID-19 Healthcare Personnel Study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health of hospital workers in New York state.
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- April 23, 2020
New COVID-19 cases in the United States will begin to decline in late April, according to the latest projections from Columbia University, but only if a certain level of physical distancing remains.
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- April 20, 2020
Writing in NEJM, Wafaa El-Sadr and Jessica Justman urge countries around the world to take concrete steps to assist Africa in staying ahead of the curve, even as they confront their own epidemics.
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- April 8, 2020
Aggressive social distancing and hospital preparations are needed to prevent more illness and death, even in counties with few COVID-19 cases, a study led by Columbia researchers has found.
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- March 16, 2020
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.
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- March 11, 2020
Researchers across Columbia University—including psychiatrists, data scientists, social workers, and engineers—are combining their efforts to address the opioid and substance use crisis.
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- March 11, 2020
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.
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- March 5, 2020
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.
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