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Whooping Cough Is No Ordinary Respiratory Illness

February 19, 2025

Unlike the viral infections that typically make you cough—a cold, the flu and COVID-19, for example—whooping cough is caused by a bacteria called Bordatella pertussis. It is a strictly human illness

Dr. Stephanie Mick: Blazing a Trail in Robotic Mitral Valve Repair

February 18, 2025

When Stephanie L. Mick, M.D., saw a beating heart during her general surgery residency at NewYork-Presbyterian, she knew that cardiac surgery was her calling.“I was trying to decide what I wanted to specialize in within surgery, and it was getting to the point where I was at the end of my rope,” says Dr. Mick, director of robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian and �ձ�avɫ��Ƭ. “I was on a thoracic surgery rotation, and part of the operation included... Read More

Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention: Empowering Patients Through Support and Knowledge

February 18, 2025

Drs. Shoshana Rosenberg, Laura Pinheiro, and Vered Stearns received a community partnership-building grant last summer from the Cornell Center for Health Equity to establish a partnership between the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center (MCC) Breast Program and Unite for HER, a non-profit organization supporting and empowering individuals diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer.