A new online community is sharing information and advice on the various ways we can prepare ourselves for extreme temperatures driven by climate change.
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.
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.
The diminished power of the immune system in older adults is usually blamed on the aging process. A new study shows that decades of inhaled particulates due to air pollution also take a toll.
Eligible older adults who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may have slower memory decline than eligible people who do not participate, according to a new study.
Columbia University's Mailman School and five other schools of public health will conduct research to help remedy a public health workforce that has been stretched thin by the COVID pandemic.
Menthol cigarette use among adult smokers has increased, and banning menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes in the United States could have widespread impact on public health.
El-Sadr was awarded the Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health for her groundbreaking work in global HIV research, treatment, and care.
Under Dakota’s Law, children in New York will be screened more often for lead poisoning. Vicki Iannotti, MD, explains what parents should know and how to protect their children.