September 25, 2025

“Kangaroo care,” or skin-to-skin contact, may be neuroprotective and is associated with neonatal development in areas of the brain involved in emotional regulation in preterm infants, according to a new preliminary study from Weill Cornell Medicine, Burke Neurological Institute and Stanford Medicine investigators. Even short sessions correlated with noticeable effects on brain imaging scans, which is important...

September 18, 2025

A multi-institutional team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has been awarded a five-year, $20.8 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for advanced preclinical development of a promising experimental HIV vaccine.

A successful vaccine to prevent new HIV infections would be a major public health breakthrough. About ...

September 10, 2025

The new academic year is around the corner. You know who your child’s new teacher is, and you have the supply list. It’s also time to consider what vaccines are required for school. ...