The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cornell-health/)
2,216 cases of the flu have been reported in Central New York since Oct. 5, 2019, with 65 of those having been treated at Cornell, according to Anne Jones, Cornell Health’s director of medical services.
With five U.S. cases of Coronavirus confirmed, Tompkins County and Cornell Health join forces to track the disease.
With multiple cases of the disease from Wuhan, China spreading to the United States, Cornell students are taking precautions to try and avoid getting sick.
Cornell announced that it will proactively work with local and state resources to ensure student safety.
The Sophie Fund, a local mental health advocacy group, presented 22 recommendations to Cornell on Jan. 17, continuing its efforts to implore the University to take more aggressive steps in addressing mental health issues on campus.
Two e-cigarette related deaths were reported in New York state in 2019. Lawmakers consider changes in legislating, including banning flavored Juul products, as Collegetown store managers react.
“Approximately 1 in 4 college students has an STI at some point in their life,” Rachel Clark, Cornell Health clinical director of women’s and sexual health, told The Sun. She said the clinic sees about 8,000 patients for STD testing each year.
Yes, challenges are essential. The purpose of our time at Cornell is to prepare us for our futures — to prepare us for the goals we’ve set for ourselves. So I get why this University is challenging. It is supposed to be. It is meant to drive us and allow us to achieve more and more.
Two months after the implementation of these reforms, CAPS reported a decrease from 37 days to 15 days in students’ average wait time of scheduling appointments. It has also seen increases in both the number of unique clients and the number of student visitors it has had in 2019 by 23% and 34%, respectively, compared to the numbers from 2018.
Hazing can be deadly. On Nov. 2, the Piazza, Gruver and Braham families shared the tragic stories of their sons’ deaths due to fraternity hazing with a full house of students in Bailey Hall. Their presentation “Love, Mom and Dad” was the keynote at the A.D. White Annual Summit for Sorority and Fraternity Life. The stories shared and their grief were an emotional gut punch, reminding me of the tragic death of George Desdunes in 2011 and Cornell’s slow progress rooting out hazing.