Cornell's Public Service Center is encouraging members of the Cornell community to take advantage of training courses in disaster services being offered by the Tompkins County Chapter of the American Red Cross in February and March.
Being a nursing assistant in a long-term care facility is one of the most demanding jobs in America, says a Cornell gerontologist. These professionals require emotional strength and interpersonal skill as they confront on-the-job suffering, dementia and mortality every day.
Natural solutions to human diseases, from Alzheimer's to cancers, might lie within the genomes of whales, bats and other mammals, a leading genetic researcher believes. Treatments, from drugs to therapies, might result from mapping the thousands of mammalian genomes.
To examine the forces working against tomorrow's young farmers in today's changing world and the problems of domestic food security, Cornell will be a viewing site for the 16th annual World Food Day teleconference.
In recent days New York state has faced a major outbreak of illness, and a fatality, caused by the E. coli O157:H7 bacterium. The bacterium is believed to have been spread through infected well water.
The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc., an affiliate of Cornell University, announced that clinical trials will begin today (July 7) at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., to test the safety and immunogenicity of the world's first potential oral vaccine against the hepatitis B virus.
Now add one more reason to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables: Their antioxidants seem to help protect lung function and may help prevent asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, according to a new study.
Workers in poorly ventilated offices are twice as likely to report the symptoms of sick building syndrome as are employees in a well-ventilated environment, a new Cornell study finds.
