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Cornell receives $35m gift for research at nexus of wildlife and health

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Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine has announced a donation of $35 million to support its work in this burgeoning field of research. The Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health aims to use the funds to further its research on how disease interactions affect wildlife, domestic animal and human health. Human alteration of the planet through deforestation, climate change, our globalized food system, and illegal wildlife trade has brought people, livestock and wildlife into unprecedented proximity.

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Cornell receives $35m gift for research at nexus of wildlife and health

If there’s one field of research that speaks to humanity’s relationship with the natural world, it’s the interface between wildlife and health. Human alteration of the planet through deforestation, climate change, our globalized food system, and the legal and illegal wildlife trade has brought people, livestock and wildlife into unprecedented proximity, risking disease emergence and transmission that not only imperils human populations, but can …

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