One Health News

A high priority International “One Health” issue discussed in Journal of Global, Public and One Health JGPOH SEE: https://jgpoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bruce-Kaplan-et-al.-JGPOH-2025.pdf

June 30, 2025 Journal of Global, Public and One Health (JGPOH) https://jgpoh.com/volume-2025 Editorial “Everybody’s Health” PDF “ … The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the primary federal agency is the main health line of defense and currently led by HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Under his leadership unfortunately, some of its recent and…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched the implementation of a $18.7 million project under the pandemic fund to strengthen its pandemic preparedness and response systems. “…”The pandemic fund presents a critical opportunity for countries like Pakistan to bolster their national health security. The integration of the One Health approach will enable us to build resilient systems that…

A new review highlights how integrated surveillance, dog vaccination, and cross-sector collaboration are making rabies elimination a realistic global goal. SEE: https://globalbiodefense.com/2025/06/24/one-health-strategies-rabies-elimination-2030/

Health Experts Urge People-Centric, Locally Rooted Communication to Strengthen Disease Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness Posted On: 21 JUN 2025 PIB Delhi “The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, organized a One Health Communication Strategy Workshop in New…

Google’s Artificial Intelligence Overview – June 21, 2025 One Health is a collaborative, multi-sectoral approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. It aims to achieve optimal health outcomes by integrating the efforts of various disciplines to address health challenges at the local, national, and global levels. This approach is crucial for tackling issues like emerging…

Launching and Celebrating the 2025 10th Annual Global ONE HEALTH DAY Officially celebrated November 3 each year And Announcing the 2024 One Health Day STUDENT EVENTS Competition Winner Created in 2016, 2025 marks the 10th annual global One Health Day that has provided an opportunity for organizations, groups and individuals around the world to hold hundreds of events…

06/13/2025  Press Releases “This mobile laboratory can examine samples from humans, animals and the environment directly on site in the event of unexplained disease outbreaks, in line with the One Health approach. This is the idea behind the EU-funded MOBILISE project. …” SEE: FLI tests mobile One Health laboratory for diagnosing highly pathogenic pathogens | Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut…

Opinion Leana S. Wen Where to go for accurate, up-to-date vaccine information Concerned about federal government websites? Here are some trusted alternatives. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/12/alternate-website-resources-vaccine-science/  

  “The first University of Hawaiʻi One Health Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Certificate Program—integrating human and veterinary medicine and environmental science—graduates accepted their certificates at the UH Mānoa Commencement Ceremony on May 17. The inaugural One Health certificate recipients were molecular biosciences and biotechnology major Braxton Ramos, and biology major Zarek Kon. …”  SEE: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/06/10/uh-students-earn-one-health-interdisciplinary-certificates/

Press Releases AMA statement on Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices The following statement is attributable to: Bruce A. Scott, M.D. President, American Medical Association “For generations, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been a trusted national source of science-and data-driven advice and guidance on the use of vaccines to prevent and control disease.…

Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been “plagued with persistent conflicts of interest.”  “… Bruce A. Scott, the president of the American Medical Association, said the committee for generations has been a trusted source for vaccine guidance. “Today’s action to remove the 17 sitting members…

The Medical Journal of Australia … Medical Stockpile.1 This initiative is part of a broader $100 million One Health approach that includes increased agriculture biosecurity response … SEE: Optimising our response to a potential H5N1 avian influenza pandemic: preparing to protect people working at the human–animal interface | The Medical Journal of Australia https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/3/optimising-our-response-potential-h5n1-avian-influenza-pandemic-preparing-protect

Any microbe, new or known, could cause an infection outbreak at any time. Researchers gear up to preemptively fight this potential pathogen X. SEE: Preparing for Disease X in a Changing World | The Scientist https://www.the-scientist.com/preparing-for-disease-x-in-a-changing-world-73044

President Donald J. Trump’s visionary White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy will help fortify and refresh the U.S. President’s “Making America Healthy Again” motto through an inventive and far-sighted revolutionary health care strategy. Dr. Gerald Parker [DVM, PhD], is a particularly proficient appointee as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director…

The pace of investment to manage diseases transmissible from animals to humans is dangerously slow. “The world is facing daunting health challenges with the rise of zoonotic diseases – infections that are transmissible from animals to humans. These diseases – which include Ebola, avian flu, COVID-19 and HIV – show how the health and wellbeing of humans,…

June 3, 2025 George C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, Executive Director American Public Health Association 800 I Street, NW Washington, DC USA 20001 Email: georges.benjamin@apha.org; aphapress@apha.org   Dear Dr. Benjamin, The One Health Initiative team fully concurs with your assessment regarding the APHA statement you issued April 9 and previously posted on the OHI website as follows: News…

Guyana is the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the second worldwide, to establish a One Health Project. “A US$22 million initiative funded by a grant from the Pandemic Fund and the World Bank, was launched on Friday. Guyana is the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the second…

“The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu. The company said it was notified Wednesday that the Health and Human Services Department had withdrawn funds awarded in July 2024 and in January to pay for development and purchase of…

April 9, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Media Relations Statement from APHA Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD APHA expressed concerns about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the choice for secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and in the few short weeks that he has been in this position, those concerns have…