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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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Organized crime isn’t fiction

August 2, 2011 | Dr. Kimberly May | Leave a comment

When we hear “organized crime,” we’re trained by the movies and TV to think of The Godfather or The Sopranos. (Personally, my favorite organized crime movie is The Freshman, which has additional relevance to this post – watch it and see.) Most of the images conjured by the concept of organized crime are pretty violent and disturbing.

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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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