Recent health and wellness news from across Columbia.
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.
Scientists, public officials and citizens must work together to protect our shared waters.
Students volunteering to support our health system, its workforce and patients, is an inspiration and will, hopefully, lead to meaningful change beyond the pandemic.
Overdoses may be on the rise. Finding ways to safely administer life-saving interventions during the coronavirus pandemic is crucial.
To kick off this new initiative, the institute is organizing a five-day online course to discuss government and corporate leadership during the COVID-19 crisis.
Two healthcare workers recall their experiences on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. One witnessed how race factors into outcomes and the other had to alter the way she interacts with patients.
American children are going hungry. Increasing access to SNAP benefits could help feed them.
Nursing school graduate Eytan Israelov delivers free meals from his family’s restaurant to hospitals across New York City.
Meet Janine Inez, a School of Nursing graduate who wants to use her passion for writing and filmmaking to help others.