Weill Cornell Medicine launches bioethics fellowship

Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Houston Methodist have established a new collaborative fellowship program to create highly trained bioethicists.

Genome research explains human migration, evolution

New research from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Qatar finds that indigenous Arabs descended of humans who migrated out of Africa before others continued on to colonize Europe and Asia.

Researchers sequence first bedbug genome

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and at the American Museum of Natural History have assembled the first complete genome of one of humanity's oldest and least-loved companions: the bedbug.

Cornellians to share scientific studies at AAAS meeting

Cornell faculty and students will be among thousands of scientists representing an array of research to swarm Washington, D.C., Feb. 11-15 for the annual AAAS meeting and exposition.

Influenza tackles fans whose teams make it to the Super Bowl

A Cornell economist and his colleagues have found the geographical areas that have an NFL team advance to the Super Bowl had an 18 percent spike in flu-related deaths among people above age 65.

With treatments, AIDS survival rates in Haiti equal to U.S.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that the survival rate of treated Haitian AIDS patients is equal to American patients, despite poverty and economic and political obstacles.

Cornell students train to become scuba divers

Since the early 1970s, Cornell students have begun their dive training in the pool of Teagle Hall and making deeper dives in Cayuga Lake. The program has certified about 2,000 divers in its history.

Limiting e-cigarette flavors may benefit public health

Ridding e-cigarettes of flavors such as fruit and candy help to discourage teenagers from using them while making them available to adults who are trying to quite smoking, according to a new study.

Study unravels link between surgery, diabetes remission

No one has fully understood why diabetes remission often follows bariatric surgery, but a recent Cornell-led study provides clues to the mystery. The findings open doors for novel drug treatments to treat Type 2 diabetes.