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One Health Headlines: Friday, October 21, 2011

October 21, 2011 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

I spend so much time scanning the news and searching for One Health stories that it’s always a nice surprise when those stories come to me. That was the case earlier this week, when, upon turning on the radio, I heard microbiologist Nathan Wolfe being interviewed and discussing his work studying how viruses emerge from animals into human populations around the world.

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H1N1 update

September 23, 2011 | Dr. Kimberly May | Leave a comment

Although the pandemic (worldwide epidemic) of 2009 H1N1 influenza was declared over by the World Health Organization in late 2010, the virus is still around…and as flu season approaches, we may still see cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza infection in people and/or animals. Cats (domestic as well as wild/big cats), pigs and ferrets are at highest risk of infection with the virus, but it has also been reported in a dog and some other animal species.

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Contagion…in real life?

August 29, 2011 | Dr. Kimberly May | 3 Comments

I recently saw a trailer for the upcoming release of a movie called “Contagion.” Based on what I’ve seen so far, it’s a disaster movie based on a worldwide outbreak of an extremely nasty version of bird flu. I’m sure they’ve taken the regular Hollywood liberties when it comes to presenting the story.After all, that’s what sells.

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Flu Pandemic Shows One Health Applied in the Trenches

April 30, 2009 | admin0 | Leave a comment

Sometimes, the concept of One Health seems like a lofty, “pie in the sky” concept.  The convergence of human, animal and environmental health might seem a bit hard to visualize for some.  But sometimes it comes crashing down on us with harsh reality, reminding us this world isn’t as big as it seems.

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