Victoria Beard, professor of city and regional planning at Cornell University and expert on how planners need to address urban inequality and poverty, is available for interviews about the long-standing infrastructure problems compounding India’s management of COVID-19.  

Architecture, Art and Planning

International

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Steve Osofsky says there is much to be learned from the ways humans encounter new pathogens from wildlife.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Luis Schang, a molecular virologist who studies the interactions between viruses and cells, says despite the concerns, this is likely the most careful worldwide vaccination campaign ever performed, and that suspending AstraZeneca vaccinations may lead to more blood clots — a common side effect of severe COVID-19.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Adrienne Bitar specializes in the history and culture of American food and health and, says Americans are increasingly looking beyond traditional diets towards “whole health philosophies” and “lifestyle plans” that promote physical and societal health.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered new restrictions on COVID-19 hot spots in New York City, including the closure of all private and public schools in the nine city ZIP codes with upticks in coronavirus transmissions. Isaac Weisfuse, a medical epidemiologist at Cornell University says the restrictions are a wise decision to stop the spread of coronavirus but is concerned the interventions may be too late.

New York City

New York State

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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Virology expert Gary Whittaker, who studies the coronavirus, says while the virus is spreading rapidly, good public health measures will limit further contagion. 

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

International

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Alan Mathios, who studies the effectiveness of proposed cigarette package warning labels on smoking onset and quit behavior, reacts to the announcement that investigators in 39 states will look into Juul Labs' youth marketing practices.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Sarah Besky says causes for ‘mystery illnesses,’ especially in marginalized areas, are hard to identify given the multiple risk factors that are a part of domestic life in these regions.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

International

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Sahara Byrne, communications experts who studies when and why youth resist campaigns, interventions and policies designed to protect them from engaging in risky behaviors; says parents should pay close attention their teens' symptoms. 

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine to Drs. William G. Kaelin Jr., Gregg L. Semenza and Peter J. Ratcliffe for their work on oxygen levels and the body’s cells.  Richard Cerione, professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University, studies cellular pathways that influence various biological outcomes, including cancer progression. He says the scientists’ findings have important implications for our understanding of cancer cells’ behavior.

Arts and Sciences

Veterinary Medicine

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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