‘Brain bleeds’ increase dementia risk, study finds

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or “brain bleeds” caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, doubles a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life.

One-stop bird flu resource center fills information gaps

Cornell has launched a comprehensive resource that offers a one-stop clearinghouse for the most current and trustworthy information on bird flu.

Lack of regulations, oversight in health care IT causes harm

Health information technology systems promised increased efficiency and reduced costs, but new ILR School-led research suggests these benefits have been elusive.

Two Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members elected to ASCI

Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists Dr. Niroshana Anandasabapathy and Dr. Rohit Chandwani have been elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation for 2025.

Brian Crane named director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology

Brian Crane began as Director of the Weill Center for Cell and Molecular Biology on January 1, 2025. He is only the second Director in the History of the Weill Institute since its founding by inaugural Director Scott Emr in 2008.

Around Cornell

Protein shuttling mechanism helps bacteria pump out antibiotics

A Cornell-led collaboration uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics from the cell.

How SARS-CoV-2 evolved through the pandemic

A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved from initially prioritizing increased transmissibility to enhanced immune evasion after the Omicron variant emerged.

Cancer’s ripple effect may promote blood clots in lungs

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients – not from other organ sites, as previously thought – according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University of California San Diego Health.

The key to some nations’ public support for mental health care

In a new book, Isabel Perera explains why after deinstitutionalization, some affluent democracies failed to provide adequate services for the severely mental ill while others expanded care.