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“Replacing lead pipes is not only important to population health, especially of children, but also affords an opportunity to upgrade infrastructure, improve connectivity and better address social equity in drinking water systems across the country.”

Mildred E. Warner

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
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NYS agencies are encouraging hunters to choose non-lead ammunition to benefit both wild animals and humans, with help from Cornell communication and wildlife experts.

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National Geographic

There’s another biome tucked inside your microbiome—here’s why it’s so important

Iliyan Iliev, associate professor of immunology in medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, discusses research that suggests gut fungi may cause inflammation in the lungs after a severe COVID-19 infection.

The New York Times

Why doctors and pharmacists are in revolt

John August, program director at the Scheinman Institute, discusses why more doctors and pharmacists are becoming interested in unionizing.

Huffington Post

New unions have won historic elections. Winning first contracts is even harder

Johnnie Kallas, Ph.D. candidate at ILR, discusses the rise of unionizing.

CNN

Don’t get sick from salmonella this holiday season

In this interview with CNN, Martin Wiedmann, professor of food science, explains how to prevent foodborne illnesses.

Bloomberg

ChatGPT's one-year anniversary

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, joins Bloomberg Technology to talk about the AI landscape.

Popular Science

An unknown respiratory illness is sickening dogs in the US, but ‘don’t panic’

“We really don’t want people to panic. Respiratory disease in dogs is nothing new. But there may be times when it seems like we’re seeing more disease than usual,” says Brian Collins, senior lecturer at CVM.

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