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Battling crop diseases without borders
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Shelves of wheels of cheese.

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Bird flu persists in raw milk cheese

Raw milk cheese products contained infectious avian influenza virus when made with contaminated raw milk, creating potential health risks for consumers.

  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Disease
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Ithaca startup aims to free diabetes patients from daily burden

Persista Bio aims to help the daily life of the 9 million people worldwide suffering from Type 1 diabetes.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Disease
Ann Jie Teo ’27

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Ann Jie Teo ’27 spends summer providing nutrition education in Alaska
This summer Ann Jie Teo ’27, an international student from Ipoh, Malaysia, studying nutritional sciences, traveled to Nome, Alaska, to intern with Norton Sound Health Corp. Here, she talks about her experience in the Bering Strait region...
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition
Attendees watch a food preparation presentation at the inaugural New York Farm to School Summit in Syracuse, N.Y.

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Locally-sourced foods in schools grows with CCE Farm to School program
As kids and caregivers prepare for the hustle of back-to-school season, school lunch menus are poised to feature a healthier, more local twist thanks to the efforts of the Cornell Farm to School Program and the New York State 30% Initiative. The...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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