Heat waves are costly and kill more people each year than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined, but because FEMA doesn’t count them as disasters, communities miss out on important resources It is summer in the US, and heat waves have started to sweep across...
In this video, Jeanne Moseley describes her project: “The Art of Global and Public Health: Integrating the Arts and Humanities into Global and Public Health Curriculum and Education at Cornell,” funded by the Center for Teaching...
Wildlife experts have developed a regional computer model – and user-friendly app – that predicts counties in 16 states where wildlife managers should target their surveillance of chronic wasting disease in deer, helping them conserve scarce money and labor...
Small-scale fishers on Lake Victoria (Africa’s largest freshwater lake, shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) are drowning Safety issues such as storms, a lack of available life jackets, and a shortage of navigational equipment and rescue services are a major cause...
As a registered nurse and director of patient services for the Chautauqua County Health Department in western New York, Wendy Douglas conducted case investigations and monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic The experience laid bare the disparities public health...
Last week, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated hooding and graduation for its degree programs, a meaningful milestone for students that recognized the successful completion of their studies at Cornell Cornell Public Health celebrated...
Fatal drownings are a big risk for small-scale fishers on Africa’s largest lake, with many of those deaths attributed to bad weather – conditions that are likely to worsen with climate change, according to a new study Lake Victoria – bordering Kenya, Tanzania...
Dr Alistair Hayden, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, and a former division chief at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, has authored a policy memo on incorporating smoke waves into disaster policy...
Dr Kathryn Fiorella, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, researches how changes in the environment affect the well-being, economic stability, and food security of communities One area where all those concerns intersect are global...
One year since Dead & Company’s show at Barton Hall, proceeds from the fundraiser are generating momentum for faculty-led climate research-to-impact efforts, and now the Climate Solutions Fund is announcing its inaugural grant recipients “The Climate...
In the vacant former Ulta Beauty space at The Shops at Ithaca Mall, eye-catching displays on a recent Saturday featured not cosmetics but brightly colored sticky notes, magic marker drawings, file cards, masking tape, yarn, pipe cleaners and Play-Doh Equipped with...
