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Life-saving lessons come from understanding diseases shared by wildlife and humans. Hear how Cornell's Dr. Steve Osofsky has helped to shape the One Health approach.
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The need for regional collaboration in wildlife pathology and disease surveillance in South and Southeast Asia led Dr. Carmen Smith, the Cornell Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow, to co-organize the Summit for Conservation Pathology Engagement, held at the Mandai Wildlife Reserve in Singapore.
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Vast fences erected to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wildlife migrations, and likely intensify human-elephant conflict; removing key sections could help pastoralists and wildlife, our latest study suggests....
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Video

In this eCornell Keynote presentation, Drs. Sara Childs-Sanford, Cynthia Hopf-Dennis, and Taylor Haefs from the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital discuss how their team cares for over 2,000 patients each year and what’s being learned about the wider disease and environmental threats to wildlife in the northeastern U.S....
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From a Georgia laundry room full of rescue animals to a Sumatran rhino sanctuary, Cornell sophomore Rikki Carver is building a life shaped by care, courage, and wonder....
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Podcast

Dr. Ana Bento, a leading expert in disease dynamics, shares her journey as a quantitative disease ecologist—from chasing sheep to answering the million-dollar question: when and where the next pandemic will occur....
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Chronic underinvestment in veterinary services fundamentally weakens One Health implementation.
A dense colony of black-browed albatrosses rests on rocky terrain near the shoreline under a cloudy sky. The birds sit shoulder-to-shoulder, some with eyes closed and others alert, while a few fly overhead.

Dr. Amandine Gamble, disease ecologist and veterinarian, is part of the scientific team that has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza on Beauchêne Island, the home of the world’s second-largest colony of black-browed albatross.
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Blog

Early in her career, Ellen Haynes '09, DVM '13, PhD, was fueled by a desire to help wildlife that had been negatively impacted by human activity.

Video

Dr. Martin Gilbert, Wild Carnivore Health Specialist, discusses Cornell's collaborative research efforts to understand the threats facing the dhole, one of Asia’s most endangered carnivores.