One Health
A Cornell-led team has received a 32-million-dollar grant to study the effects of climate change on child malnutrition in Zimbabwe Laura Smith ’07, PhD ’16, assistant professor in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, is project lead on the Wellcome...
While world public health agencies are focused on how to react to the next pandemic once it has started, a new plan proposes using ecological perspectives to prevent disease outbreaks before they happen, according to a paper published March 26 in Nature...
A study of more than 5,000 salmonella bacteria isolated over 15 years from dairy cattle samples in the Northeast reveals a significant increase in resistance to the antimicrobial medications ampicillin, florfenicol and ceftiofur Analyzing data derived from bovine...
Mosquito Control Policy Governance With anthropogenic climate change, vector-borne diseases are moving into new habitats Understanding how and why governments respond to vector-borne diseases differently is critical to preventing disease outbreaks, morbidity, and...
A $35 million gift will endow and name the Cornell K Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health to address key challenges at the intersection of wildlife health, domestic animal health, human health and livelihoods, and the environment that supports all life on...
Avery Sirwatka worked on farms, in greenhouses, in food distribution, and in food retail for years before first learning about ‘food systems’ in college as a framework for the complex interconnections between these sectors As an undergraduate in Buffalo, New York,...
Deer hunters were more likely to be swayed by social media messages about the potential risks of chronic wasting disease if they came from a source they believed aligned with their own views and values, according to a new study Chronic wasting disease – a...
A wheezing black dog drags its owner up the stairs, into a clinic awash with furry patients In one pram a chihuahua is dozing, while a golden retriever nearby circles restlessly before settling down on the tiled floor Most of the pampered pets in the waiting room at...
Faculty members from the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health have discovered coronaviruses in wild carnivores that had never been reported in these species before The research, published in Journal of Virology, expands knowledge of coronaviruses’ diversity...
This installment features Dr Krysten Schuler, wildlife disease ecologist and assistant research professor in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Schuler works to conserve free-ranging species for...
Cats have a special place in many people’s hearts An estimated 60 million felines are kept as pets in the United States alone Cats also occupy a distinct position in the ecological networks of companion animals, humans and peri-domestic species – wild and feral...
