Health & Medicine

Heat waves, floods, and other effects of climate change are putting kids at risk of illness and death

How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.

Columbia researchers explain why pollen counts are rising and suggest ways to fight back

Immune systems provoke a firestorm of molecular chaos, according to new Columbia research

What neuroscience and psychology can tell us about baseball – and ourselves

Psychiatrist and epidemiologist Mady Hornig discusses the possible roots of this mysterious condition

Columbia neuroscientists have figured out how to visually map memory formation

At 100, Columbia’s Mailman School prepares to address some major societal challenges

Columbia psychologists and psychiatrists prepare for a tsunami of mental-health issues caused by the collective trauma of the pandemic

Our brains may be even more vulnerable to air pollution than previously thought

A new clinic at Columbia specializes in treating patients with long-haul symptoms

The greying process is kickstarted by stress hormones — and it may even be reversible