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Health Impacts

Advancing Health Impact with Communities

Preparedness and planning

April 25, 2025

A new Enteric Disease Outbreak Data Analysis Training course is available! This interactive, self-study course, based on a 2-day tabletop simulation, is designed for local...

February 14, 2025

Avian influenza, often called bird flu, has become a growing concern across the U.S. The highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza (HPAI) has become widespread among wild...

February 12, 2025

The Cornell Initiative on Aging and Climate Adaptation is an applied research collaboration across Cornell Tech, Cornell Weill, and Cornell Public Health, focused on improving,...

December 13, 2024

Cornell faculty and staff in the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health in the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in partnership with the University of...

December 6, 2024

In times of crisis and disaster, government and charitable organizations cannot always respond quickly or adequately enough. Mutual aid (MA) is a grassroots response to...

October 14, 2024

From January to October of this year, the Health Impacts Core (HIC) team has been working with NACCHO to provide technical assistance and guidance to fifteen local health...

September 19, 2024

In the summer of 2023, as wildfires draped heavy smoke over much of the northeast U.S., our team worked with rural community partners to install air-quality sensors where there...

September 19, 2024

During the COVID-19 emergency response, our team provided Capacity Building Activities by developing forecasting models, gathering and triangulating data to inform...

September 19, 2024

Public Health Crisis and Risk Communication training with the NYS Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services gives New York State health and emergency response...

July 17, 2024

The Health Impacts Core works with Local Health Departments (LHDs) to build skills and capacity for future outbreaks and emergent events. Many LHDs expressed interest in...

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