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.
It's not how close you feel to your partner, but whether your degree of closeness matches your desires, finds a new study from the Mailman School of Public Health.
A study that casts doubt on whether being overweight is associated with a shorter life span has sparked 2013’s first public health controversy—and a fiery one at that.
Where does the Affordable Care Act go from here? Joshua Brooks of The 2X2 Project interviews Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health’s Dr. Michael Sparer.
Bisexual men who conceal their homosexual behavior face risks of depression and anxiety, finds a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
New research from Mailman School of Public Health points to a possible biological factor: higher rates of a common symptom known as exercise-induced wheeze.
In this new era, a tweet from a farm of infected pigs during a swine flu outbreak can help prevent the spread of H1N1, and an Instagram photo from a flooded parking lot in Lower Manhattan can warn people of where to avoid during a hurricane. --from The 2X2 Project