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.
Health departments continue to face challenges in recruiting new employees including insufficient funding, a shortage of people with public health training, and lengthy hiring processes.
Mailman graduate Olivia TenHarmsel's ambition is to use digital technologies to improve the health of individuals in marginalized communities across the globe.
Patients with mpox who were treated with the antiviral drug tecovirimat had similar outcomes regardless of HIV status, find researchers at Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medicine.
At the award ceremony, the nation's top infectious disease expert spoke about his decades-long effort to end the HIV/AIDS crisis (see video in the article).
Contrary to popular belief, firearm deaths in the United States are statistically more likely in small towns, not major cities, according to new research.
Arsenic is found in many dietary sources, but a new study suggests that water from some private and public supplies is a major source for many Americans.
Amid controversy surrounding gas stoves, the news media turned to a Columbia environmental scientist for insights into the health risks of cooking with fire.
Columbia physician Eric Burnett, MD, turned to TikTok for distraction at the height of the COVID pandemic, but it only drove him to take on rampant medical misinformation.