A multinational research team led by Columbia University and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology has identified a novel viral target that could help combat the global resurgence of measles.
A new study shows that an ancient mechanism of regulating a cell’s protein repertoire allows malaria parasites to hide from fast-acting artemisinin drugs and survive.
A video that chronicles the medical school’s response to COVID-19 illustrates how the entire Columbia community came together to confront the most challenging health crisis of our time.
A new study compares different NYC reopening scenarios and suggests that keeping all industries, including schools, at 50% capacity may keep COVID-19 at relatively low levels through May 2021.
Mailman researchers estimate that the overall COVID-19 fatality rate in New York City is 1.45%, twice that of estimates from other countries, and older adults have the greatest mortality risk.
COVID-19 patients positioned in a facedown, prone position while awake and supplied with supplemental oxygen were less likely to need a ventilator, Columbia University researchers have found.
A type of ultraviolet light called far-UVC—which is safe to use around people—kills more than 99.9% of airborne coronaviruses, a new study at Columbia has found.
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, health care workers on the front lines had high levels of acute stress, anxiety, and depression.
In "Understanding Coronavirus," Columbia's Raul Rabadan provides answers to the most common questions surrounding the new coronavirus for a general audience.
A new dashboard developed by public health scientists at Columbia University highlights age, race/ethnicity, and sex disparities in COVID-19 cases state by state.
A new study reveals how P. aeruginosa bacteria—which cause many deaths worldwide from pneumonia—commandeer our immune defenses to thrive inside the lungs.