Feel the Years: An Interactive Exhibition on Aging Simulation

It was a true pleasure to support this student-led exhibit on aging simulation. If you're in the Ithaca area, make sure to check it out. events.cornell.edu/event/feel-t...

The proposed borrowing limits would discourage students to enter these critical professions at a time when we need them most.

The best geriatric advice by a physician is pointless if there are no physician assistants and nurses to care for the patient, no social workers to help them re-integrate in the community, and no public health professionals to ensure that the community as a whole is supportive of older adults.

I am leading a program to strengthen the pipeline into the geriatric workforce, not just for physicians but for public health workers, nurses, social workers, and physician assistants. These professions are critical in allowing older adults to remain productive members of their community.

Here's the public comment I submitted: "Demographic shifts are leading to an unprecedented aging trend in the U.S. population. This is already leading to a shortage of qualified professionals to care for our older citizens. Such shortages are especially felt in rural and under-resourced areas."

Proposed restrictions on what counts as a professional degree are threatening the geriatric workforce (along with the broader medical field as well as engineering). Weigh in through public comments by March 2. I posted my own response in the comments below. www.regulations.gov/document/ED-...

RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.

In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p

Opinion | ‘We’re All Polyamorous Now. It’s You, Me and the A.I.’

"Relational skills are built through practice. When you talk through a fight with your partner or listen to a friend complain, you strengthen the muscles that form the foundation of human intimacy. But large language models can act as an emotional crutch."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

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Haitians Are Vital to U.S. Health Care. Many Are About to Lose Their Right to Work.

Short-sighted immigration policies pose the risk of losing much-needed workers and put our healthcare system at risk. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

Trump set to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback this week The administration of President Donald Trump is set this week to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that carbon dioxide endangers human health, removing the legal basis for federal greenhouse ga...

You cannot "repeal" reality. Ignore it at our own risk. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Hey folks! Katelyn and our colleague Ed are following the ACIP meeting live today. Ed’s narrating the whole thing on BlueSky (send him good vibes!), and we’ll be back Friday with a full debrief. We wanted to open up a space for this community to talk amongst yourselves, drop any questions, etc.

If anyone is looking for a bit more in depth info on the HBV vaccine, you may find this helpful www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.

Limiting access to student loans for nurses by claiming their degree is not "professional" is going to make existing healthcare shortages worse. What a short-sighted move. www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...

Three undergraduates from the GeriPal–Immersive Research Program, Litzy Puma ’27, Kalyani Nair ’27 and Maryam Bellakbira ’26, joined psychology professor Corinna Loeckenhoff at the 2025 Annual… | Corn... Three undergraduates from the GeriPal–Immersive Research Program, Litzy Puma ’27, Kalyani Nair ’27 and Maryam Bellakbira ’26, joined psychology professor Corinna Loeckenhoff at the 2025 Annual Scienti...

I love my job. www.linkedin.com/posts/cornel...

Trustworthy information from public agencies is a cornerstone of public health.

Another position is opening up at Cornell's Psychology Department which just happens to be right next to this lovely view. We're looking for a lecturer in clinical psychology. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30807

Stone bridge at Cornell campus surrounded by autumn foliage.

Want to enjoy this view on your way to work? We're looking for someone to join our team at Cornell for a tenure track position in psychology with a focus on relationship science (broadly defined) academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30665

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012.

The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine.

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Nonfinancial Factors Shape Food Insecurity Among U.S. Older Adults Nonfinancial factors such as poor physical and mental health, lack of access to healthy food, and transportation challenges make it more difficult for older adults to obtain, prepare, and consume heal...

What does it take to ensure that older Americans don't have to decide between buying food and paying for rent, medications, or basic household supplies? surface.syr.edu/lerner/281/

Prevention of type 2 diabetes through prediabetes remission without weight loss - Nature Medicine A post hoc analysis of a multicentre, randomised trial showed that prediabetes remission is possible without total weight loss—providing weight is distributed to subcutaneous deposits as opposed to visceral ones.

Preventing progression to Type 2 diabetes, remission of pre-diabetes, without weight loss, in >20% participants in a prospective clinical trial: the importance of body fat distribution
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REMINDER: We are hosting a FREE online event on AGING + DECISION MAKING + TECHNOLOGY next week Tuesday!

What if NIH had been 40% smaller? Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

Striking analysis showing the critical role of NIH funding for developing novel medications.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What research might be lost after the NIH’s cuts? Nature trained a bot to find out We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US National Institutes of Health grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences of such action.

We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US NIH grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences

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Science-based information on causes and treatment of autism by the American Psychiatric Association. www.psychiatry.org/News-room/Ne...

1/ It’s Monday, which means a brand-new edition of The Dose. This week we're looking at the messy #vaccine headlines after last week's ACIP meeting, falls among older adults, loneliness among young people, and a top question on Covid shots at pharmacies. Here’s what you need to know 👇

ACOG Affirms Safety Benefits Acetaminophen Pregnancy "The data from numerous studies have shown that acetaminophen plays an important—and safe—role in the well-being of pregnant women."

Science-based information on the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy. www.acog.org/news/news-re...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

My best guess is that the guide acknowledged well established racial and ethnic disparities in dementia rates. Thankfully, it is still accessible via the Web Archive. web.archive.org/web/20250610...

BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down. The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.

As part of the latest information purge the CDC has removed more health guides and information from their website. This includes the Alzheimer's Communication Guide developed to integrate brain health messages into chronic disease programs. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...