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Sheila Bass, program manager of CCE Erie’s Healthy Community Store Initiative, talks about nutrition with Jasmine Robbs , a customer at Buffalo’s Golden Corner store, and Moet Grooms, a CCE educator with the Healthy Community Store Initiative

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March 18, 2026

CCE promotes Buffalo’s well-being with healthy community stores

CCE Erie County encourages corner stores in Buffalo’s food deserts to stock fresh fruits, vegetables and other nutritious options and educates residents on how to take care of their health.

Cornell Cooperative Extension
Food
Health + Nutrition

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March 17, 2026

Risk, not zero-detection, should guide food safety

Cornell-led research argues that food safety regulations should set evidence-based targets for food that is sufficiently safe rather than aiming for zero risk, which is neither achievable nor desirable.

Food Science
Food
Health + Nutrition

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March 12, 2026

Turning penicillin into a lethal force against bacteria again

A new study reveals for the first time the metabolic changes that allow bacteria to survive high doses of penicillin, a classic β-lactam antibiotic. The study also uncovered a weakness in how the bacteria survive, which may help scientists find...

Microbiology
Disease
Medicine

A close-up of a person outdoors adjusting their gray wool sock above a brown hiking boot on grassy ground.

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January 26, 2026

Are we asking the right questions to prevent tick-borne illnesses?

Research on prior surveys finds very few people have been asked why they chose not to take preventative actions.

Cornell Integrated Pest Management
Entomology
Disease

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December 17, 2025

Model reveals tradeoffs that limit harm caused by malaria parasite

A new study based on mathematical modeling reveals how parasites’ choice between using resources to replicate within hosts and transmitting to new mosquito and human hosts might limit their virulence.