“The magnitude of it is just horrifying,” said Jeffrey Shaman, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University who has modeled the virus’s spread.
“It’s a great moment of optimism, but it’s also very fragile in a lot of ways,” said Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
Physicians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are exploring disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women.
Monica L. Lypson, MD, has been named vice dean for education and Jonathan Amiel, MD, has been appointed senior associate dean for innovation in health professions education.
“The number of places I will eat at is still small,” said Professor Lipkin, who recently dined at Farmer & the Fish, a restaurant in Westchester County that had sought out his safety recommendations.
“Every day we don’t vaccinate as many people as we can, people die,” said Dara Kass, an associate professor of emergency medicine at Columbia who volunteers administering Covid-19 vaccines.
A nasal spray created by Columbia researchers prevented transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets, suggesting the spray could also prevent transmission of the coronavirus in people.
