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Sleeping too Little (or too Much) Linked to Faster Aging, and Other Science News
The latest findings from Columbia researchers
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Your Chatbot Is a Terrible Therapist. Here’s Why.
Columbia clinicians are studying how ChatGPT and other AI tools may reinforce harmful beliefs and endanger vulnerable users
Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair
The Pollution Inside Your Home
Columbia researchers measured the air in and around New York City apartment buildings. What they found surprised them
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How COVID-19 Exposed the Ugliness of Health Injustice
The virus was said to be an indiscriminate killer. The numbers say otherwise
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The Unique Challenges of Fighting COVID-19 in Africa
A Columbia-based center deploys strategies learned from fighting HIV and Ebola
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Future Nurses on Call
Columbia nursing students and faculty nurse practitioners confront a new reality
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How to Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts
Top virus hunter W. Ian Lipkin develops a plan for a global disease-alert system
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Engineers ...and Librarians! to the Rescue
Columbia staff and students get creative in combating a shortage of face masks
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Staying Sane in a Pandemic-Stricken World
A Columbia psychologist and anxiety expert explains the impulse to “panic buy,” and how to satisfy our need to feel in control
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Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins Exposed in New Detail
Findings from Columbia researchers may open the door for new preventive treatments
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Columbia Alumni Associations in Asia Offer Aid and Support
Members of Columbia’s vast Chinese alumni network recently donated PPE and cash
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Armed With Overdose Meds, Columbia Students Save Lives
In the span of less than a year, five students have administered naloxone to overdose victims
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Pandemic Highlights Urgent Need for Long-Term Vaccine Development
Pioneering AIDS researcher David D. Ho joins fight against COVID-19
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Meet the Expert Who Has Studied Handwashing for More than 40 Years
Elaine Larson, a professor emerita of nursing research and epidemiology, breaks down a hygiene essential
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Columbia Discoveries That Could Make 2020 Your Healthiest Year Yet
Science confirms we should do more yoga, lay off the carbs, and eat earlier in the day for better health