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Nov 24, 2021 | In the Media
November 8, 2021– “[These regulations] get at the idea that there is the need for social and economic life,” Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, the chair of global health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, tells Verywell. “It’s...
Nov 24, 2021 | In the Media
October 28, 2021– Jessica Justman, an epidemiologist at Columbia University, says scientists had been working on mRNA technology for years, including efforts to study other respiratory diseases such as SARS and MERS. “We did a survey asking people what would get...
Nov 23, 2021 | In the Media
November 5, 2021 – The virus in one species has to mutate just right so that it can effectively invade the cells of a different species. “It appears that pets catch the virus from their owners rather than the other way around,” says Jessica Justman, a Columbia...
Nov 19, 2021 | In the Media
November 19, 2021 – When the coronavirus first emerged last year, health officials feared the pandemic would sweep across Africa, killing millions and destroying the continent’s fragile health systems. […] But there is something “mysterious” going on in...
Nov 16, 2021 | In the Media
New York City will welcome crowds back to Times Square this New Year’s Eve, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, as long as they provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. After a pared-down celebration last year, the longtime tradition of the...
Nov 16, 2021 | In the Media
November 16, 2021 – New York City will welcome crowds back to Times Square this New Year’s Eve, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, as long as they provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. […] Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiology...