Recent health and wellness news from across Columbia.
Wearing is Caring, a PR campaign that breaks down the science behind how face coverings can combat coronavirus, has reached more than 1 million people via social media.
The University will routinely monitor sewage leaving student dormitories to head off outbreaks of COVID-19.
COVID-19 has shown that coordinating efforts across all aspects of science are vital to the success of our fight against this infectious disease.
A unified classification of diverse cell types proposed by a Columbia-led team could shed light on how our brains are wired.
When we embrace our roles as the storytellers of COVID inequities and racial Injustice, we can create a cultural awakening and begin to heal.
The use of technology is not new, but due to underfunding and understaffing it wasn't implemented in nursing homes until the pandemic.
As Columbia labs reopen, scientists talk about the challenges and some surprising benefits, of working remotely and how they are adjusting to the new normal.
The pandemic challenged our systems with unknowns and the need to social distance, and our ability to communicate and share our courage, skill and tenacity with each other is what got us through as a team.
Virtual classes can teach future physical therapists important skills, but only through human touch do hands learn to feel and see.
Concerned about relapse and maintaining recovery, practitioners and patients are embracing teletherapy now that face-to-face sessions are less of an option.
Researchers and physicians from the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center weigh in on what we have learned so far about the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus revealed the unprecedented and overdue need to further refine care delivery, re-evaluate hospital policies and protocols, and overhaul traditional workforce hierarchies.