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The new report addresses the responsible use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and is a call to action for biomedical research to rethink how it uses race and ethnicity.
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The cost of childbirth and postpartum health care can cause significant, ongoing financial hardship, particularly for lower-income families with commercial insurance, a new study shows.
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The center will catalyze research into the complex relationships between climate and health and promote evidence-based policies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health.
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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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- December 8, 2014
Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop a model that forecasts the severity of flu and could have applications for predicting other infectious diseases.
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- November 14, 2014
Columbia medical students wanted a way to learn about global health, so they helped create a lecture series.
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- November 12, 2014
While celebrating Dr. Spencer’s recovery, his colleagues have renewed their commitment to raising public understanding of the disease.
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- November 12, 2014
Reducing the time between Ebola diagnosis and treatment could dramatically alter the shape and size of the outbreak, says Columbia's Wafaa El-Sadr, MD.
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- October 17, 2014
Rat population of New York City carries variety of disease-causing microbes.
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- October 6, 2014
Columbia Nursing confronts the Ebola outbreak, a tragic, textbook example of a public health crisis.
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- September 4, 2014
The milestone represents an important step on the path to confronting the global HIV epidemic.
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- September 3, 2014
Though touted as a tool to curtail cigarette smoking, e-cigarettes may serve as a 'gateway' to drug addiction.
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- August 5, 2014
CUMC experts in infectious disease and public health are keeping the public informed about the outbreak and the potential of the virus to spread.
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The Wall Street JournalAugust 4, 2014Topic
