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December 2024

Anna Schultz, D.V.M. Class of 2026, collects a blood sample from an African penguin for routine weekly blood testing Photo: Dr. David Roberts

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There’s one thing about working in wildlife rehabilitation medicine that you don’t realize until you are actually doing it — you want your patients to hate you.
Analyzing test results with CWHL student

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My role within the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab (CWHL) is a grab bag of all things related to molecular biology - meaning that no two days are ever alike, and I never do all the different parts of my job in a single day....
Bat hanging upside down

A new combination of climate and habitat crises, along with immune system stress, is driving more bat-borne viruses to afflict us. Cornell's Dr. Raina Plowright discusses how any public-­health intervention to prevent future pandemics will need to tackle the whole environmental tapestry. 
mosquito landed on human skin

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College of Veterinary Medicine faculty, in partnership with the University of Pretoria in South Africa, have received an NIH P20 grant to establish the Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research on Climate, Health and Equity in a Changing Environment (C-CHANGE).
Two young elephant seals sparring on a beach.

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Researchers including Cornell's Dr. Martin Gilbert discuss how developing vaccines and vaccination programs for free-living endangered wildlife could help conservation efforts to prevent extinctions from disease threats.