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.
Environmental health scientist Frederica Perera reviews the evidence on the large and growing toll of air pollution and fossil fuel-driven climate change on children.
Language differences, stigma, and the "model minority" myth prevent many people in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities from getting mental health care.
Vaping is becoming an increasingly popular way among youth to use cannabis, a trend that is concerning because of the high levels of THC delivered through vaping devices.
Demographically younger nations have a higher aging burden than previously thought and need new policies to prevent large numbers of people from leaving the workforce due to ill health.
Mailman School of Public Health Dean Linda P. Fried has received an Association of American Physicians’ medal in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to the science of healthy aging.
Using community wastewater surveillance records, Columbia public health researchers found that Hispanic neighborhoods had the highest levels of uranium, selenium, barium, chromium, and arsenic.
A new study from Mailman researchers is the first to detail the extent of particulate air pollution in rural, American Indian communities and its potential health consequences.
Despite strong evidence that medication is the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder, only one in four people in need receive it, a Columbia study reports.
Mailman study reveals post-storm rise in deaths from injuries, infectious disease, respiratory disease, heart disease, and neuropsychiatric disorders as hidden cost of climate-related disasters.