April 18, 2024
It’s called PEP, but it isn’t a pep pill or any other type of stimulant. Rather, PEP stands for post-exposure prophylaxis—medication you can take shortly after you’ve been exposed to a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
March 28, 2024
Public health experts have learned a great deal about COVID-19—a virus never seen before in human beings—since the coronavirus first appeared on our shores 4 years ago.
March 27, 2024
March Is National Nutrition Month. Take simple steps to improve your family’s eating habits.
February 22, 2024
If you’re Black, you may experience health disparities or higher rates of disease than white people or other minority groups in the U.S.
January 24, 2024
January is National Blood Donor Month. However, a perfect storm of conditions has created an emergency blood shortage affecting doctors and patients at Weill Cornell Medicine along with millions of residents in the New York Metropolitan Area.
January 19, 2024
We’re delighted to announce that once again, Weill Cornell Medicine’s physicians are among the best in the country.
January 12, 2024
Weill Cornell Medicine and its affiliated hospitals and medical practices have instituted a masking requirement for staff, patients and visitors, effective immediately. It applies to all inpatient and outpatient areas across the institution.
January 4, 2024
The new year offers the perfect opportunity to take stock of your health. Learn what screenings and visits are recommended for you according to your age.
December 7, 2023
Vaccines protect you from getting sick and reduce your risk of hospitalization. Learn which vaccines you should get to protect yourself and your loved ones
September 26, 2023
Don’t call it a booster. Think of the new COVID-19 vaccine as an updated formula akin to an annual flu vaccine, which targets whatever is circulating that season. The new COVID vaccines, manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax, are designed to protect against recent variants of SARS-CoV-2—namely, XBB and other Omicron spinoffs, including EG.5. They’re monovalent vaccines, meaning that they contain one strain of the virus, not two.
