Tag Archives: avian influenza

One Health Headlines: Friday, February 3, 2012

We lead off this week’s One Health roundup with an incredible story out of California, where an 8-year-old girl became one of the few people ever to survive a rabies infection (you can read the CDC report here ).

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One Health Headlines: Friday, January 27, 2012

This week’s One Health roundup has updates on H1N1 avian influenza research, new information on how prion diseases spread between species, a look at the health benefits of pets, and much more.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, January 20, 2012

This week’s One Health roundup has updates on human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Southeast Asia, a look at research underway on an experimental drug that could help injured dogs (and possibly humans) walk again, video showing how studying a snake’s slither could lead to better search-and-rescue robots, and much more.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, December 30, 2011

A sad story out of South Carolina, where a woman believed to have been bitten by a bat died from rabies, the first human case in the state in more than 50 years. It’s an unfortunate reminder that, although rare, rabies remains a deadly zoonotic threat in the United States.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, November 18, 2011

This past Thursday marked the 36th annual Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, to encourage people to stop smoking and address the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. While the focus is on human health, secondhand smoke can have devastating effects on the health of our pets.

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