University Medical Center and Tulane Ophthalmology unveiled the new Corneal Cross-Linking technology that helps treat keratoconus, a disease that if left untreated can lead to blindness. WDSU interviewed Dr. Rebecca Metzinger about what this means for our community. | University Medical Center New Orleans

Monkeys leaving Tulane University's primate research center on the northshore Tuesday were captured and killed after they escaped a transport truck that crashed on Interstate 59 in Mississippi, according to the Jasper County Sheriff's Department. The truck flipped near mile marker 117, allowing some of the monkeys to escape. The Sheriff's Department did not say how many monkeys escaped or how many were "destroyed," though some that were unable to break free from their cages will be returned to T

The first teaching kitchen in a medical school, the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine at Tulane University, is training future doctors and the community to harness the power of food for better health. With hands-on cooking and evidence-based nutrition, Tulane University School of Medicine students are redefining what it means to heal through food. | Tulane University