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A third surge is coming and it's on track to top July numbers, says Columbia Public Health professor Dr. Jesica Justman.

To combat loneliness in older adults, Columbia Public Health Dean Linda P. Fried writes that investing in social infrastructure in tech, transport, the built environment, and societal institutions is the way forward.

NEW: Center for Infection and Immunity scientists have discovered bacteria linked to post-infectious hydrocephalus (PIH), the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus worldwide and the most common indication for neurosurgery in children.

For parents of children in remote learning programs, Barnard President Sian Beilock offers invaluable advice: "As our kids' first and longest-lasting teacher, our influence carries weight."

Columbia Public Health Dept. of Population and Family Health Chair Terry McGovern dives into what's at stake for the reproductive health and wellbeing of women with the newly appointed Supreme Court Justice: "It is about women and girls having bodily autonomy and economic equality."

Despite nursing homes accounting for about 40% of COVID-19 deaths, Columbia Public Health professor Jack Rowe says the presence of the virus in those facilities "is not inevitable.

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