The heart damage seen in many severely ill COVID-19 patients results in part from infection-activated immune cells called macrophages, which infiltrate the heart and secrete cell-damaging chemicals, according to a study co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
In early March, Dr. Shetal Shah, MD ’00, was in Albany along with other doctors to lobby for important regulations to protect children’s health. As president of New York State Chapter 2 of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Shah had been there many times before, including last summer as the state grappled with the largest measles outbreak in decades.
