New Guidance for Communicating With Kids About COVID-19
A new resource provides talking points for parents, medical professions, and others who work with kids to help reinforce healthy behaviors.
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High School Students in Peru Discover Lead Contamination Hotspots
Equipped with a field testing kit originally developed within Columbia’s Earth Institute, the “Lead-Free Kids Peru” project has tested hundreds of soil samples for the toxic metal — and dug up some startling results in the process.
Fighting Ticks With a Few Taps of the Phone
A new smartphone app offers hope of stemming the spread of diseases like Lyme, and providing some peace of mind in the process.
High Levels of Lead Contaminate Many Backyards in Brooklyn Neighborhood
An ongoing study finds that 92 percent of private yards in Greenpoint may have unsafe levels of lead in their soil.
Tackling Sleeping Sickness in Maasai Communities
A powerful new tool helps rural Tanzanians reduce their exposure to tsetse flies and the deadly disease they carry.
Internet-in-a-Box: Connectivity for the Rest of the World
For the 60% of people without Internet access across the globe, lack of connectivity can affect every facet of their lives – including healthcare. In the Dominican Republic, a team of MPA-DP students examines how Internet-in-a-box technology could help healthcare providers improve outcomes in the developing world.
Battling ‘the Largest Mass Poisoning in History’
As many as one in five deaths in Bangladesh may be tied to naturally occurring arsenic in the drinking water; it is the epicenter of a worldwide problem that is affecting tens of millions of people. For two decades, health specialists and earth scientists from Columbia University have been trying to understand the problem, and how to solve it.