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One Health Headlines: Friday, October 12, 2012

October 12, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

In this week’s One Health roundup: Scientists investigate a newly discovered virus, similar to a strain carried by bats, which has killed a man in Saudi Arabia; debate drags on about the safety of H5N1 avian influenza research; how a Vietnam veteran was able to control his PTSD with the help of a German shepherd named Dazzle; and more.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, August 24, 2012

August 24, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

In this week’s One Health roundup: Federal health officials say the U.S. is headed toward its worst West Nile outbreak since the virus first appeared here in 1999; variant H3N2 influenza, which has been spreading from pigs to people at agricultural fairs this summer, has been identified in several more states; new worries about drug-resistant staph passing from humans to chimps–and back to humans in a more virulent form; and much more.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, August 10, 2012

August 13, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

In this week’s One Health roundup: New strain of influenza (H3N2v) has infected 145 people after contact with pigs at state and county fairs; an in-depth look at the toll of rabies in India, home of the world’s largest stray dog population; a look at how environmental changes are affecting marine life around the world, and much more.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, July 27, 2012

July 27, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

In this week’s One Health roundup: Diseases you can catch from your pet, what zebrafish can teach us about human development and disease, the role the BP oil spill played in Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths, how dogs can reduce office stress, and much more.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, July 13, 2012

July 13, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

This week’s One Health roundup includes a look at how having dogs and cats in the house can decrease the incidence of illness in children, how scorpion venom could help in the fight against MRSA, how chickens are providing clues to treating bacterial infections and cancer, and much, much more.

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