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WHO report shows perils of human disregard for wildlife

February 9, 2021

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

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Cornell experts on coronavirus - Science and public health

May 12, 2020

Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus: what we know about the way it spreads, what countries should do to minimize threat to public health.


Not too late: UN report bleak for wildlife, but solutions remain to prevent extinctions

May 3, 2019

Steven Osofsky, professor of wildlife health and health policy at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, comments on an upcoming United Nations report which is expected to say that up to 1 million species face extinction as a result of human activity.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

NYS ‘aid in dying’ bill: Ethically complex and gaining support

May 16, 2019

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced his support for The Medical Aid in Dying Act, which would allow terminally ill adults in New York to request and obtain prescriptions for life-ending medication from their doctors. Clinical ethicist Dr. Kim Overby says given the complexity of aid in dying, it’s critical that the consequences of new legislation be evaluated. Professor of wildlife health and health policy, Steven Osofsky, shares a personal experience related to aid in dying.

New York State
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

‘Scrambled like an egg’: New Migratory Bird Treaty Act interpretation reverses decades of policy

April 16, 2018

Steven Osofsky, the Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health and Health Policy at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, comments on U.S. Department of the Interior's new interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine

Rhino death reminder of humanity’s ecological footprint

March 20, 2018

Steven Osofsky, the Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health and Health Policy at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine comments on the death of the last remaining male northern white rhino.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Veterinary Medicine
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Better hygiene won’t stop coronavirus: It’s time to shut down wet markets

January 28, 2020

Steve Osofsky, wildlife health and health policy expert, says emerging diseases like coronavirus are coming from Chinese "wet markets," and it is time to shut them down. 

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

A planet unsuitable for wildlife is a planet unfit for people

October 31, 2018

Global wildlife population declined sixty percent over the past four decades, according to the Living Planet Report 2018, released this week by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Amanda Rodewald says the report should be considered as a warning for people to change habits before making our planet unsuitable for people, too. Steven Osofsky says while using nature’s resources at a rapid rate may help global societies flourish now, we face significant negative impacts over time.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

By quitting Paris accord, Trump would open Pandora’s box

June 1, 2017

President Trump is expected to announce that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, a global pact designed to fight climate change. The following Cornell University experts, including COP21 delegates, discuss the ecological, economic, health and political impacts of this move.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Veterinary Medicine

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