A Cornell collaboration crossing medicine, law, technology and communication is aiming to encourage the use of health care benefits by refugees in the U.S. – who often suffer poor health but are using these entitlements less than they have in the past.
Carlos Jay Espinosa was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship from Cornell University Precollege Studies to take a biology course with Cornell faculty and earn college credit.
“As a first-generation student, and one who didn’t come from a well-off household, I always dreamt of attending international opportunities like this, since programs of this kind are scarce in my country,” Espinosa said. “I thought of that dream as something impossible.”
A newly discovered small molecule could be sprayed into people’s noses to prevent COVID-19 illness prior to exposure and provide early treatment if administered soon after infection, according to a study in mice led by Cornell researchers.
Doctoral students Rob Swanda and Juliana González-Tobón have taken the internet by storm with their videos that take some of the mystery out of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Utilizing a test strip and small reader that return results in minutes, a faculty team’s proof-of-concept test could improve access by enabling more screening in community settings.
Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from Cornell researchers.
Several Cornellians – appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul – will explore how thewarming environment will affect New York’s communities, ecosystems and economy in the new Climate Impacts Assessment project.
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.
Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine plan to develop an enzyme-based technology into a range of diagnostic tests that can be performed anywhere using a handheld device.
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.
