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One Health Headlines: Friday, February 3, 2012

February 3, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

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 6, 2012

January 6, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

At the beginning of this week Massachusetts health officials announced the first human case of rabies reported in the state since 1935. It was later determined that the victim was infected by a little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). This follows last month’s announcement out of South Carolina that a woman died after contracting rabies, that state’s first human case of rabies in half a century.

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GPS is SOOO yesterday

September 14, 2011 | Dr. Kimberly May | Leave a comment

I remember when I got my first GPS and how awesome it was to be able to drive without trying to read a map or driving directions at the same time. I just purchased a newer one, and it’s amazing how much the technology has advanced in just a few years. This one comes with lifetime map updates, lifetime traffic several other conveniences. I sometimes find myself wondering how we ever got around without them.

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Of bats and bridges

November 11, 2009 | Editor | Leave a comment

Just when we think we’ve got things figured out, we learn that we have much more to learn.  Scientists recently learned that some species of bats might actually do better living under concrete bridges than in bat caves. The University of Boston team found that bats living under bridges were larger and grew faster than bats in a cave.  Although it’s not perfectly clear why these bats were doing so well, it might be because the area under the bridges is warmer and closer to good feeding grounds.

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World Rabies Day is September 28

September 21, 2009 | Editor | Leave a comment

It’s not a holiday, but it’s a very important day. Rabies isn’t just a “mad dog” you see in movies like “Cujo” or “Old Yeller” or “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It’s a real disease, and it’s deadly. It’s also preventable.

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