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Sep 17, 2020 | News
ICAP and Columbia Health have jointly developed and launched a contact tracing program to quickly identify, contain, and suppress transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in the Columbia University community in New York City. Working across the...
Sep 16, 2020 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, was quoted in a September 15 article in Columbia News highlighting a new wastewater sampling initiative in residence halls to identify signs of the novel coronavirus before a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 can...
Sep 14, 2020 | In the Media, News
ICAP’s Jessica Justman, MD, senior technical director, spoke with Bloomberg about wedding etiquette during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many ceremonies have had to be postponed, but with more clairity on how the virus spreads and less strict social distancing...
Sep 10, 2020 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, was quoted in a September 10 article in the Gothamist which discusses a recent CDC study which found that adults who contracted COVID-19 were about twice as likely to say they had eaten at a restaurant in the 14...
Sep 9, 2020 | In the Media, News
ICAP in Sierra Leone is working tirelessly to train health workers on the COVID front lines as the nation prepares its health system to respond to the pandemic, under the leadership of the country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation. Although the trainings are still...
Sep 8, 2020 | In the Media, News
ICAP, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and NRL are working together through a cooperative agreement to support Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports to develop, implement, and monitor the provision of high-quality HIV testing services...