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Gig Economy Is Coming for Millions of American Jobs (Podcast)

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Bloomberg Businessweek

Dr. Olajide Williams, Chief of Staff of Neurology at Columbia University and Founder of Hip Hop Public Health, discusses racial disparities in the distribution of Covid vaccines.

Topic

COVID-19
New Rap Videos Aim to Help Increase COVID-19 Vaccination in Communities of Color

Source:

CUIMC Newsroom

Using the power of music, a series of rap videos launched today by Hip Hop Public Health, a community outreach organization founded by Columbia neurologist Olajide Williams, MD

Topic

Diversity and Inclusion Program
COVID-19 May Lead to a Heart-Disease Surge

Source:

TIME

“We don’t have a lot of well-vetted data up to the minute on the cardiovascular impact of COVID because we are living through the pandemic now,” says Dr. Mitchell Elkind
AHA News: What Heart and Stroke Patients Should Know About COVID-19 Vaccines

Source:

U.S. News & World Report

Experts have a simple answer for heart and stroke patients questioning whether they need a COVID-19 vaccination. That answer: yes.

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Neurology

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AHA News: Strokes and Heart Attacks Increase When Flu-Like Illnesses Rise

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U.S. News & World Report

October 8, 2020

Heart attack risk increases quickly after a flu-like illness, while stroke risk rises slower, according to new research.

Topic

Neurology
Meet Dr. Mitchell S.V. Elkind, new AHA president

Source:

American Heart Association

July 16, 2020

Elkind serves as chief of the Division of Neurology Clinical Outcomes Research and Population Sciences in the Department of Neurology at CUIMC.

Topic

Neurology
AHA News: More People Are Dying During the Pandemic – and Not Just From COVID-19

Source:

U.S. News & World Report

July 10, 2020

"It seems like people are afraid of getting the virus, or maybe they're afraid of adding to the burden on the doctors and the hospital," said Dr. Mitchell Elkind.

Topic

Neurology
NYC Mom's Stroke Is Cautionary Tale In Coronavirus Crisis: Doctor

Source:

Patch

May 15, 2020

A patient of Dr. Joshua Willey has shared her stroke story, in support of Dr. Willey’s efforts to help the public understand that avoiding hospitals for fear of COVID-19 could have dire consequences.

Topic

COVID-19
The Next President of the American Heart Association Is a Columbia Neurologist

February 19, 2020

Full interview with Dr. Elkind, president of AHA,"Why, as a neurologist, were you interested in becoming president of the AHA?"

Topic

Neurology
Stroke and COVID-19

Source:

Health Matters

“The public needs to treat medical emergencies like stroke or a heart attack the same way they did before and not avoid the emergency room because of this crisis,” says Dr. Mitchell Elkind.

Topic

COVID-19