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One health, from your backyard to the global village
The One Health Initiative has promoted this one-health concept for several years. Now the One Health Commission has been launched to help address,…
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Rockefeller Foundation funding creation of One Health Commission
A $100,000 grant to the AVMA will fund creation of a national one-health organization and a global one-health initiative.
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One Health Summit and study setting stage for policies, initiatives
A recent summit and an upcoming study will help the One Health Commission and other advocates of the one-health concept in developing policies and…
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GHLIT backs SAVMA obesity awareness campaign
But obesity isn't just a human problem. The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention reports that nearly half the nation's pets are
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Health summit issues a call to action for the profession
Ambassador Robert G. Loftis said disease can spread across the world within hours, and the only task more difficult than planning for a pandemic is…
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Health experts call for unified efforts to face climate issues
Human encroachment into uninhabited parts of Southeast Asia exposed people to unusual animals and previously unknown pathogens, and global travel…
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California global health institute established
UC-Davis veterinary school part of $4 million initiative
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Surveillance program could protect human and swine health
A pilot swine influenza surveillance program could lead to improvements in vaccines for swine and development of vaccine seed strains for humans.
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AVMA representative sought for one-health steering committee
A vacancy has become available on the One Health Joint Steering Committee for the AVMA representative to this committee.
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One-health wonders
Ronald M. Davis, MD, immediate past president of the American Medical Association, was the first public health physician to lead the association and…
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One-health wonders
Co-manager of a global one-health Web site, Dr. Bruce Kaplan is an ardent advocate for the one-health movement in collaboration with his physician…
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One-health wonders
Thomas P. Monath, MD, was a natural fit on the AVMA One Health Initiative Task Force.
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Education is key to combating rise in MRSA
Veterinary clinics, pet owners can help prevent transmission among species
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AVMA says Pew Commission report is flawed, unscientific
An AVMA report says recommendations by a prominent critic of industrial animal agriculture are unscientific and can actually threaten human health.
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Foodborne illness levels off in past several years
Progress toward reducing infections from some pathogens has hit a plateau, indicating "fundamental problems with bacterial and parasitic contamination…
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One-health wonders
Dr. Val R. Beasley is a toxicologist who's not content with figuring out why wild animals are declining and disappearing.
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Veterinarians leave their mark on African nation
College friends went as part of Veterinarians Without Borders program
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World Rabies Day promotes prevention of deadly disease
From a U.S. Navy hospital ship in Latin America to animal hospitals throughout the United States, veterinarians continue working both
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U.S. makes big push to prevent global pandemic
The U.S. Agency for International Development announced Oct. 22 the start of its Emerging Pandemic Threats program, a five-pronged
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White House developing policy on waters, coasts
Federal authorities are working on a broad stewardship plan for oceans, U.S. coasts, and the Great Lakes.
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Report: Government must address growing shortage of federal veterinarians
A new report is raising concerns that the federal government's veterinarian workforce isn't large enough to guarantee a safe food supply and…
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Foxes, skunks spreading bat rabies variant in Arizona
Foxes and skunks in northern Arizona are spreading an adapted version of a rabies virus variant associated with bats.