Salmonella outbreaks were in the news this week. Three outbreaks were linked to pet turtles, which sickened 66 people in 16 states and the District of Columbia. The cause of another outbreak, which has sickened 93 people in 19 states … Read more »

A new study at the University of Minnesota led by Dr. Peter Davies, a professor of swine health and production, will examine swine veterinarians’ risk of being infected with MRSA. MRSA is a type of staph bacteria that does not … Read more »

April 2-8 is National Public Health Week, a week that highlights issues that are important to improving public health. The mission of National Public Health Week fits in with the AVMA’s efforts to focus attention on One Health. You can … Read more »

This week’s One Health roundup includes a study on the spread of illness between sick pigs and people (and the role antibiotics may play in preventing these illnesses), new insights into the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder affecting bees around … Read more »

Last week, it was 87 degrees in Chicago. In March. On the second day of spring. Other cities around the country experienced unseasonably warm temperatures, too, and experts say that warmer weather means ticks will be coming out earlier this … Read more »

I wrote about rabies here a few weeks ago, but it seems every day brings a new rabies story to my attention. Recently, 20 dogs were euthanized in Alamance County, N.C. after the discovery of the fourth rabies case in … Read more »

This week’s One Health roundup includes a look at how a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease in Egypt could threaten the region’s food supply,  how animal checkups can help prevent the spread of disease in people, how actress Ashley Judd’s … Read more »

This week’s One Health roundup includes a look at some of the latest research being conducted to combat diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cancer. We also have the latest news on rabies, avian influenza and the many health benefits of dogs. Thanks … Read more »

University of Colorado researchers have found a cure for Type 1 diabetes in mice. The drug was able to prevent diabetes and even reverse the effects of the disease in mice that were already diabetic. Dr. David Wagner, an Associate … Read more »

Human cases of rabies are extremely rare in the United States, but they’re fatal, as we’ve unfortunately seen with the case of a man in Massachusetts who died after being infected with the illness by a brown bat. Although infections … Read more »