Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Faster diagnostics, personalized antibiotics needed to halt superbugs

April 4, 2018

Ilana Lauren Brito, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Cornell University, comments on the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the United States.

Engineering
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Winning germ warfare in the workplace: Keep your hands to yourself or stay home

February 6, 2018

This year’s flu, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates caused more than 125,000 illnesses since the beginning of the season, is showing no sign of abatement. While public health officials recommend getting vaccinated, workplaces remain hotbeds of possible contagion.  Nellie Brown, director of Workplace Health & Safety Programs at Cornell offers some tips on how to minimize the potential for virus spreading at the office.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Industrial and Labor Relations
Nellie Brown

West Nile virus and infectious diseases a concern in flooded areas

September 14, 2017

Isaac B. Weisfuse, a medical epidemiologist at Cornell University with more than 25 years of experience in public health at the local and national levels, says it’s important for people to keep themselves healthy as they face the daunting tasks of recovery – and to prepare personal and family emergency plans for the future.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Isaac Weisfuse