Infectious Disease Epidemiology
A major study led by Cornell researchers reveals for the first time that water troughs on farms are a conduit for the spread of toxic E coli in cattle, which can then spread the pathogen to people through bacteria in feces The study was published Feb 7 in the...
College of Veterinary Medicine Juvenile bald eagle at the Janet L Swanson Wildlife Health Center The cardboard is placed on his tail to prevent breakage, which allows him to be released back into the wild as soon as possible Two local raptors made...
Kaley M Wilburn/Provided M tuberculosis within macrophages were engineered to turn yellow-green when they eat cholesterol, left, and remain red when infected cells are treated with a compound that blocks bacterial cholesterol metabolism, thereby starving the...
Dr Iliyan Iliev and Dr Irina Leonardi/Weill Cornell MedicineOpportunistic fungus called candida albicans (red) engulfed by CX3CR1+ phagocytes (green) in the gut villi (blue) Immune cells that process food and bacterial antigens in the intestines control...
An unfortunate church dinner more than 100 years ago did more than just spread typhoid fever to scores of Californians It led theorists on a quest to understand why many diseases – including typhoid, measles, polio, malaria, even cancer – take so much longer to...
Yoshiki Harada/CALS Nina Bassuk uses a penetrometer to measure soil compaction on the National Mall in Washington, DC The elm trees that ring the National Mall in Washington, DC, have stood witness to presidential inaugurations, given shaded respite to...
Tom Fleischman/Cornell Chronicle Researchers Matt DeLisa, left, Gary Whittaker and David Putnam are pictured in DeLisa's Olin Hall lab A seasonal flu shot is a bit like a local weather forecast: Based on the conditions elsewhere and the direction of the...
As winter recedes and people and their pets start to take advantage of spring weather, a certain pest often comes front and center in the news of the North Eastern United States: the blacklegged tick, carrier of Lyme Disease Lyme borreliosis is the most common and...
A trending Huffington Post article earlier this month discussed the enormous global impact of rabies in terms of human and animal health The article estimated that approximately 189 people die from rabies per day, primarily in developing countries However, although...
Over millions of years under attack from insects, milkweed plants have developed considerable defenses. These include incredible toxicity – sufficient to kill a horse or sheep – which emanates from a milkweed’s leaves in a sticky liquid.
