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May 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
In a clinical trial, ICAP researchers and colleagues suggest convalescent plasma may improve survival with severe COVID-19. The study was led by investigators from the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Columbia...
May 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA highlights the epidemiology of COVID-19 as the government reopens New York. “We have to keep reminding ourselves, we are in a good place in New York,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist at the Columbia Mailman School of Public...
May 19, 2021 | News, Stories from the Field
As Myanmar grappled to navigate its fragile health care system through the devastations of the COVID-19 pandemic, a military takeover of government began in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, disrupting health services even more. Community-based health services – using peer...
May 18, 2021 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD contributes to a list of tips on how to safely shop during COVID-19. “Justman agrees with White House Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anthony Fauci: Two masks are indeed better than one. “Double-mask and try to avoid stores that are too crowded,” she...
May 18, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA weighs in on need for sequencing positive COVID-19 tests to track variants. “We don’t know very much about new variants,” Dr. Wafaa el-Sadr, an epidemiologist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, told the Times. “Yes,...
May 17, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA was spotlighted in Sunday Routine, a weekly series that profiles newsworthy New Yorkers and how they spend their down time. This New York Times profile was also highlighted in West Side Rag, which shares news about the Upper West Side of...