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" ... Paradoxically the COVID-19 pandemic has had a providential side-effect: It has accelerated worldwide recognition that a One Health approach is the best prescription for more expeditious and efficacious public health innovations. Simply put, all aspects of future biomedical advances are likely to benefit from a One Health interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary approach.” 

SEE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/11/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-global-health-worker-initiative/ “…Develop a multidisciplinary Global Health Security workforce. Achieving global health security requires a multi-sectoral approach that incorporates an understanding of the linkages among human, animal, and environmental health– a “One Health” approach. As part of the U.S. Government’s Global Health Security programs, USAID is investing up to $85 million over five years to create…

Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A(H5N1) in birds throughout the US continue to be seen and one case of H5 bird flu in a person, please find resources that you can use and share below: Bird Flu Current Situation Summary | Avian Influenza (Flu) (cdc.gov) What To Know About Bird Flu Fact Sheet…

Prime examples of a One Health approach, animals have tested the way for humans in space; now research moves back to Earth with new lines of inquiry by *Richard Seifman and *Claude Forthomme – Senior Editor  May 9, 2022 in Science, Society SEE: https://impakter.com/animals-in-space-owe-now-future/  *Members, Advisory Board – One Health Initiative

THE MEMBER MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY  NEWS – Disease-causing parasites can hitch a ride on plastics SEE: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/050822/disease-causing-parasites-can-hitch-a-ride-on-plas “Typically when people hear about plastic pollution, they might envision seabirds with bellies full of trash or sea turtles with plastic straws in their noses. However, plastic pollution poses another threat…

Avian Flu and the COVID Connection  SEE: https://impakter.com/avian-flu-covid-connection/ “… These are early days in Avian flu vaccine development and availability, and in the future we may look to some of the new technologies, such as mRNA, to provide faster and more easily produced vaccines.  But the idea of getting ahead of a possible epidemic or pandemic…

A One Health approach to tick borne diseases | Second Opinion | KCRW SEE: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/second-opinion/a-one-health-approach-to-tick-borne-diseases Veterinarians and Human health providers often deal similar diseases and that would stand a better chance of treatment with improved communication between the two professions. Michael Wilkes, MD, PhD Host, Second Opinion Michael Wilkes is Professor of Medicine at the University of…

A warming world gives viruses more chances to hitchhike from species to species – The Verge That puts humans at greater risk, too https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/28/23044725/climate-change-zoonotic-virus-spillover “… That includes pairing surveillance of new viruses with observations of how species’ geographic ranges are shifting, the authors say. It’s part of a bigger movement to adopt a concept called One…

Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic to reach the sea: Microplastics can carry land-based parasites to ocean, affecting wildlife and human health — ScienceDaily SEE: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220426101709.htm “… Crypto and giardia cause gastrointestinal disease and can be deadly in young children and people who are immunocompromised. “This is very much a problem that affects both humans and…

“… They can amplify and increase the reach and impact of major international initiatives – from the One Health approach to ensuring the health of ecosystems and people,  …” SEE: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1ubfny1xh

World Health Day: Our Planet, Our Health – AMRRIC SEE: https://www.amrric.org/uncategorized/view/world-health-day-our-planet-our-health/ “ … The year’s theme is a big show of support for ‘One Health’ approaches. The idea of “One Health” is built on the understanding that animal health, human health and the health of the shared environment in which we live are deeply interconnected.…

SEE: https://www.ktvq.com/news/coronavirus/watching-for-new-covid-variants-in-wildlife-now-critical-cdc-says

Portman, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce the Risk of Zoonotic … SEE: https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-colleagues-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-reduce-risk-zoonotic In particular, this legislation emphasizes the United States’ role in promoting a One Health approach, which includes collaboration with the …

“…we have long embraced a one-health paradigm at NIAID, especially in the realm of emerging and re-emerging diseases, most of which are zoonoses and must be studied in the context of the ecosystems humans share with microbes, non-human hosts, vectors, reservoirs and other actors.  Many of the research efforts about which I speak and write…

Renowned Physician Interventional Cardiologist Endorses One Health Concept SEE: https://onehealthinitiative.com/renowned-physician-interventional-cardiologist-endorses-one-health-concept/ REPEAT: September 5, 2017 The One Health Concept: How Multidisciplinary Training and Collaboration Leads to Major Advances in Health Care

SEE: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/administrator-letters-to-stakeholders/2021-impact-report  “… At the same time that the pandemic challenged us, it also gave us a vital inroad to advancing One Health. Through the American Rescue Plan Act, Congress allocated $300 million to APHIS to strengthen our One Health capacity and develop an early warning system for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). This…

Together for One Health 6 April 2022  | Publication SEE: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240045408  

  Issue 1                                                                                            April 2022   Introduction to the UTMB…

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Member, Texas Medical Center: UTMB One Health Advancing Health Care in Humans, Animals and the Environment SEE: Research Associate: https://aa083.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/senior-research-associate-internal-medicine-infectious-disease-5371 Biostatistician/bioinformatician: https://aa083.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/biostatistician-i-bioinformatics-scientist-internal-medicine-infectious-disease-7930?et=VdtjGtFV Provided by: Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA Professor, Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Microbiology and Immunology, and Preventive Medicine & Population Health University of Texas…

SEE: https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/integrated-effort-needed-to-mitigate-fracking-while-protecting-both-humans-and-the-environment/ “… The authors recommend scientists and practitioners take a more integrated approach that spans both public health and conservation interests and focuses more on regions and populations that are underrepresented, historically marginalized or poorly understood. They cite One Health initiatives as an example of how a wide range of collaborations can work. One Health is…