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New York City: Lyme disease center at Columbia University

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A new center that will provide specialized care for patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases will begin seeing patients this summer at Columbia University‘s Vagelos College of Physicians...

Columbia professor, W. Ian Lipkin, MD, developing the health protocols for Democratic National Convention

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W. Ian Lipkin, MD, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, is developing the health protocols for the August 17-20 Democratic National...

Lyme disease: NIH awards grant to Enable Biosciences to develop better testing

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a one-year Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant for $225,000 in...

Outbreak News interview: Vincent Racaniello, PhD

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Virology blog was the first science website I followed, its been quite a few years now and it was an inspiration to me in using the internet to disseminate information on infectious diseases and up-to-date...

Earth’s Virology Professor: Vincent Racaniello, PhD

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Virology blog was the first science website I followed, its been quite a few years now and it was an inspiration to me in using the internet to disseminate information on infectious diseases and up-to-date...

Asian longhorned ticks with Maria Diuk-Wasser, PhD

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The Asian Longhorned Tick made its appearance in the United States recently and has since been found in a number of states. The emergence of these ticks represent a potential threat for livestock, wildlife,...

Infectious disease news: Top 5 posts for the week Feb. 2- Feb. 8

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Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Jan. 26 through Feb. 1: 5. Roald Dahl 1988: Olivia and measles encephalitis The number 5 post of the week was a post from out of the...

Meningitis B: Two cases reported in Columbia University students

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Officials with Columbia University in New York are reporting two meningococcal meningitis cases in members of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) community . The students are being treated...

Four mosquito-borne virus assay gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University’s Mailman School today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)...

Maternal fever linked to increased autism risk: Study

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Fever during pregnancy may raise the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the child, according to a study led by scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University’s...