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Researchers have learned how to stimulate the immune system in animal models to produce large quantities of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV—a prerequisite for an effective vaccine.
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The new findings suggests that even if vaccine-induced immune memory is not detected in the blood, it may still persist in tissues.
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Children born during the pandemic, including those exposed to COVID-19 in utero, were no more likely to screen positive for autism than unexposed or pre-pandemic children.
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The 2024 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award recognizes Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool Karim for global contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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- March 25, 2022
A new type of ultraviolet light that is safe for people destroyed more than 98% of airborne microbes in a room within five minutes, a study found.
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- March 22, 2022
On March 28, world leaders and global health experts will gather for Columbia University’s second annual Virtual Symposium on Vaccines and Global Health.
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- March 15, 2022
COVID patients who remain unresponsive after receiving respiratory support may require long time periods to regain consciousness; delays are related to blood oxygen levels.
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- March 4, 2022
Columbia has helped launch New York City’s new Pandemic Response Institute, which will develop an equitable crisis response that doesn’t leave people behind.
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- March 4, 2022
When COVID arrived, the medical center partnered with residents, community health workers, and elected officials to meet local needs.
- March 4, 2022
Computer models have helped anticipate COVID’s peaks and troughs, but models have a “cone of uncertainty” and much about the future of the pandemic remains unknown.
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- March 4, 2022
Telemedicine as a way to deliver health care is here to stay. Columbia physicians are working together with members of the engineering and business schools to advance implementation of telemedicine.
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- March 4, 2022
What was learned by researchers during the pandemic has changed the mindset for scientists: “Why do we have to follow the old routine when we see a new paradigm working so well?”
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- March 4, 2022
Children were spared the worst of COVID-19 early on, but they are now suffering psychological consequences from the pandemic’s social upheaval. Here’s what parents and educators can do.
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- March 4, 2022
The COVID pandemic transformed students’ education but also imparted profound experiences that students say will make them stronger practitioners and leaders.
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