In New York City, during the frigid winter months, apartments and public spaces must be kept heated to a certain temperature. However, in the summer months, where heatwaves, one of the leading weather-related causes of death in the United States, have become a...
Note: This Webinar has ended, you can watch a recording of the livestream below. With the COVID-19 Federal Public Health Emergency (FPHE) scheduled to end on May 11, 2023, there are still many unanswered questions around how this transition will impact everyone....
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the public’s mental health and well-being in a variety of ways, including through grief and illness, isolation and loneliness, and job loss and financial instability. Columbia World Projects and collaborating organizations will...
Join ICAP on April 18, 2023, for their April Grand Rounds webinar on strategies and best practices for addressing health misinformation and reducing its spread online. At the event, participants will hear from Emily K. Vraga, the Don and Carole Larson Professor in...
Pandemics, floods, earthquakes, major accidents, war. The kinds of disasters that strike societies are extraordinarily different. Yet, they tend to share one common feature: they hit the poorest and most marginalized members of society the hardest. Sadly, all too...
It is estimated that about 40% of people diagnosed with mpox in the United States are also living with HIV. It is unclear if having HIV increases the likelihood of getting mpox infection, but those living with advanced or untreated HIV are at increased risk of...
Update: This event has ended, but you can watch the livestream on YouTube, or via the embed below! The spread of monkeypox (orthopoxvirus), like the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and other infectious diseases, has been accompanied by the spread of much...
Update: We have added a recording of the webinar below! Join us for a webinar to discuss the current Monkeypox outbreak, with experts from around the world. The event will include discussion of the epidemiology, clinical features, prevention and management of...