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Reimagining Medicaid to safeguard America's children
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (368+ words) As states reassess Medicaid coverage following recent federal policy changes and the end of pandemic-era protections, researchers are advocating for evidence-based health care policy reform and expanded Medicaid'coverage for children. Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, the'Cornell Health Policy Center…...
PORTENT backs five new technologies to expand access to care
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (136+ words) News directly from Cornell's colleges and centers Five next-generation point-of-care technologies have been selected for funding by PORTENT, a Center for Point-of-Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer at Cornell, focusing on developing enhanced diagnostics, and aimed at reducing delays…...
Research becomes reality for biomed startups
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (1000+ words) In the life of a technology company that aims to advance health care, the stage between promise and product can feel less like a runway and more like a tightrope. The science is encouraging. The founders have left academic labs…...
What can individuals do to prevent the next pandemic?
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (1304+ words) In this week's episode of Research Matters, Elisha Frye, D. V. M. '10, explains how Cornell's Animal Health Diagnostic Center works at the front lines of detecting and preventing diseases that can jump between animals and humans. The conversation between Cornell Chronicle Staff Writer…...
Breakthrough takes big step toward safe, reversible male contraception
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (732+ words) Cross'section of testis tubules showing stages of spermatogenesis: green meiotic cells, pink developing sperm (dots in top right corner) and pink mature sperm (long cells in middle left), and the pre-meiotic white/gray spermatogonia along the basement membrane (lower left)…...
A revived device reveals scents that attract and deter crop pests
1+ week, 1+ day ago (252+ words) Scientists have resurrected an old device to sniff out the exact scents that attract or repel insects, which could then be developed by companies for growers to purchase and use to trap or ward off such crop-damaging pests." A Cornell…...
Burnout may lead family doctors to leave medicine
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (383+ words) Family physicians who report feeling burned out are nearly 1. 5 times more likely to change practices or stop practicing medicine entirely than their peers who don't report burnout, a study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found. Physician burnout can include emotional…...
Why feeling alone may matter more than being alone
2+ week, 1+ day ago (533+ words) Loneliness is often described as a simple absence " of people, of connection, of companionship. But two new studies suggest it may be something more complex, and more consequential: not just how socially connected people are, but how they experience those…...
A stable sense of purpose helps teens navigate life's challenges
2+ week, 6+ day ago (471+ words) Like their emotions and self-esteem, teenagers" sense of purpose fluctuates day to day, and those who experience it steadily " not just intensely " may benefit most, new Cornell research finds. Studying the phenomenon in adolescents for the first time, the research…...
Weill Cornell Medicine's Class of 2026 learns next step on Match Day
3+ week, 1+ day ago (476+ words) Sarah Chowdhury, center, celebrates with her family after she was matched to NYU Grossman School of Medicine for internal medicine. Taylor Lis couldn't imagine being anything other than a doctor. Meeting new people every day and helping them live healthier…...