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Uptick in Drug Overdose Rates Is Widely Reported Especially Among Young Women

Overdose rates in Colombia involving increased greatly during 2018-2021, mainly caused by overdoses in young women.

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Substance Use
Social Media Interviews Uncover New Yorkers’ Frustrations with High Energy Costs and Reliability

The research method has the potential to create a paradigm shift in how research is conducted and disseminated.

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Community Health
Global HIV Epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim Wins Royal Society’s Coveted Michael Faraday Prize

The Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture is awarded to Professor Salim Abdool Karim.

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Global Health
Red Flag Laws May Reduce the Growing Burden of Firearm Homicides

Florida’s red flag gun law was associated with an 11 percent reduction in firearm homicide rates.

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Community Health

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Columbia Mailman School of Public Health Student Azuna Sawada Selected as 2024 Quad Fellow

August 20, 2024

The Quad Fellowship supports exceptional master's and doctoral students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Mental Health
Artificial Intelligence Can Not Yet Reliably Read and Extract Information from Clinical Notes in Medical Records

August 19, 2024

AI had difficulty replicating results for extracting information from clinical notes.

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Epidemiological Studies
Policing May Play a Role in Youth Mental Health Crises

August 13, 2024

At least half of all recorded police stops in New York City involve individuals under age 25

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Mental Health
Adding a 9th Psychological Health Metric to Life’s Essential 8 Enhances Mortality Risk Prediction

August 12, 2024

cardiovascular health construct based on AHA's Life’s Essential 8 but enhanced with a ninth psychological health metric

Topic

Chronic Disease
Type 2 Diabetes Cases More Than Doubled Seven Decades After Exposure to Famine

August 12, 2024

Ukrainian Holodomor famine and examine of prenatal famine and T2DM

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Chronic Disease
Record Number of Drug Overdoses Reported But Unemployment Income Can Have Buffer Effect

August 6, 2024

Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500 percent in 2022.

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Substance Use