Cyprus is home to 1 million or so free-roaming cats that wander its streets, parks, and even luxury resorts They are about as numerous as people So when a deadly cat outbreak began sweeping across the Mediterranean island this year, the humans quickly noticed...
By this point, the evidence is clear: The Covid-19 pandemic can be traced back to a bat virus The same was true for the 2003 SARS coronavirus outbreak In such outbreaks, we are unlikely to be able to determine whether the spillover happened because someone ate or...
At this point in the year, we’re all quite familiar with the sounds of summer: the breeze through the trees, the birdsong, the chatter of children playing outside – and the persistent buzz of a...
To help respond to emerging and established vector-borne threats, the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD), led by Cornell, has received a five-year, $87 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to...
Last month, Cornell's Biomedical & Biological Sciences Program held its annual symposium where students, faculty, and staff from the College of Veterinary Medicine attended sessions, a keynote, and poster session throughout the day MPH Student Alyssa Morse,...
When it comes to e-cigarette warning labels, respondents in focus groups organized by Cornell researchers were clear: Give it to me straight But approximately 20 years after they hit the market, electronic cigarettes’ precise health risks remain unclear And for...
Dr Alistair Hayden, assistant professor of practice of Public and Ecosystem Health at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses the impacts of Canada's wildfires in the Ithaca region and New York state, noting how current weather patterns are...
For each person killed by wildfire flames, around 100 will die inhaling the smoke it produces Despite these alarming figures, national spending on smoke management is 600 times less than the budget allocated to fire suppression, mainly due to lack of awareness of the...
Zoonotic spillover — when diseases pass between animals and humans — is a major cause of disease and the primary cause of recent pandemics, including COVID-19 Scientists and practitioners from four continents will gather for a webinar that explores how strategic...
Nineteen faculty and professional staff members in Cornell’s four state contract colleges have been selected for the 2022-23 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence This year, all nominees put forth by Cornell won...
If the world is to reduce the risk of global pandemics, scientists say, we must better manage how we interact with bats, carriers of viruses responsible for some of the worst health crises of recent decades Yet some of the same economic and political pressures that...
