Tag Archives: zoonotic

New study will look at MRSA risk for swine veterinarians

April 5, 2012 | Julie Ciaramella | Leave a comment

A new study at the University of Minnesota led by Dr. Peter Davies, a professor of swine health and production, will examine swine veterinarians’ risk of being infected with MRSA.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, March 30, 2012

March 30, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

This week’s One Health roundup includes a study on the spread of illness between sick pigs and people (and the role antibiotics may play in preventing these illnesses), new insights into the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder affecting bees around the world, a look at how warmer weather this year could lead to an increase in Lyme disease and other zoonotic illnesses, and much more.

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Rabies in the news

March 26, 2012 | Julie Ciaramella | Leave a comment

I wrote about rabies here a few weeks ago, but it seems every day brings a new rabies story to my attention. Recently, 20 dogs were euthanized in Alamance County, N.C. after the discovery of the fourth rabies case in the county. The dogs had been in a fight with a raccoon; the dogs’ owner shot and killed the animal.

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Experts keep an eye on new strains of flu

January 9, 2012 | Julie Ciaramella | Leave a comment

It’s flu season, and public health officials and infectious disease experts at the University of California-San Francisco are paying close attention to new strains of influenza. They’re concerned with a new strain of avian flu that could mutate and become more easily transmitted. Currently, to contract avian flu, you have to have direct contact with an infected bird; the disease isn’t able to be transmitted between people. The experts are also keeping an eye on new, drug-resistant strains of flu reported in Australia during the flu season there.

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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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