May 20, 2013
Maybe you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but perhaps they can teach us some. Researchers are studying a new procedure in elderly dogs with dementia hoping it will lead to new treatments for...
View ArticleJune 12, 2013
Will your human doctor start prescribing “dog therapy”? It may happen, as researchers show that interaction with dogs can affect brain chemistry and function. Dogs have been shown to greatly help...
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A new species of fungus has been identified in cats and humans in Australia and the UK. After noticing three cats with growth of masses in their eye sockets, the doctor found that the masses were...
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Scientists have discovered that ticks may be carrying something worse than Lyme disease: a new Borrellia bacterium that has many of the same symptoms of Lyme’s, but not the rash. This new bacteria is...
View ArticleDecember 18, 2013
My life is once more approaching something similar to normalcy, so it is time to get back to reporting on public health news… Another strain of “Bird Flu” has been reported in China with the death of...
View ArticleJanuary 2, 2014
What do you get when you cross public health with Aesop’s fables? A story like this: Walmart in China is recalling donkey meat that has traces of fox DNA in it. Chinese people generally eat donkey meat...
View ArticleJanuary 10, 2014
The mystery illness that has killed 40 eagles in Utah and sickened 5 others has been identified as West Nile Virus. Wildlife officials report that the numbers of newly ill birds is declining so they...
View ArticleMay 6, 2015
It’s been a long time since the last update. I’ve been wallowing in poo and worms since I last checked in…well, not so much IN poo and worms, but I’ve been busy writing a thesis paper about poo and...
View ArticleMay 15, 2015
Although scientists have long recognized that there is a connection between the health of livestock producers and their livestock, there is now quantitative research to show that is indeed the case. A...
View ArticleZoonotic Soil-transmitted Helminths: A Triad of Worms, Animals, and Humans....
The Solution: A Multidisciplinary Approach A multidisciplinary approach would be very beneficial in the study of neglected zoonotic parasitic diseases and in efforts to address the burdens on...
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