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.
On Health News from Around the Web- Hospital animal visitation in the news
- Another dog-eats-toe story
- More Ontario equine herpesvirus
- Shelter dog MRSA panic
- Bloodstream infections in horses from contaminated fluids
- The Darwin saga continues
- Brucella canis infection from a puppy
- African dwarf frog Salmonella outbreak recap
- Lepto risk factors and research musings
- Veterinary professionals from Ukraine participate in training workshop