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National League of Cities (USA) Adopts One Health Resolution
November 18, 2011
Major One Health News… National League of Cities (USA) Adopts One Health Resolution November 18, 2011 (USA)—The National League of Cities (NLC) http://nlc.org/ adopted an historic One Health Resolution at its annual business meeting in Phoenix, AZ (USA) on November 12, 2011, with approximately 700 voting members in attendance. The resolution states…
View ArticleNovember 17, 2011
One Health Publications Courtesy of: *Clinicians Brief Journal – November 2011 Issue: · “Public Health Significance of Toxoplasma” – See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CapsulesNov2011.pdf. · Ask the expert…“Checklists: An Answer to Avoiding Mistakes” – See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/AsktheExpert_Checklists.pdf See full November issue: http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/journal *Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC),…
View ArticleOne Health Approaches Serve to Mind the Gaps – November 11, 2011
November 9, 2011
One Health Approaches Serve to Mind the Gaps Olga Jonas, Economic Adviser, World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 (USA) www.worldbank.org/flu Provided to One Health Initiative Website – November 9, 2011 The breaking of the levees in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the single most catastrophic failure of an engineered system…
View ArticleA neglected zoonosis…Notes from the Field: Q Fever Outbreak Associated with Goat Farms — Washington and Montana, 2011
November 6, 2011
A neglected zoonosis… Notes from the Field: Q Fever Outbreak Associated with Goat Farms — Washington and Montana, 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: October 14, 2011 / 60(40);1393: See PDF http://alturl.com/dvt7z On April 22, 2011, the Q fever bacterium Coxiella burnetii was detected in a goat…
View ArticleNovember 3, 2011
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) One Health Initiative: Fat Cat? By Ashley Steel, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA – November 2, 2011 “We drive through 7 am gridlock to survive the monotony of our 9-to-5 jobs all to find a way to pay for life’s expenses.…
View ArticleAntibiotic Use in Food Animals Symposium Establishes New Benchmark for Information, Science – News Release October 31, 2011
November 1, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – A serious One Health Issue! National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) Contact: Teres Lambert 847-838-2966 tlambert@animalagriculture.org Antibiotic Use in Food Animals Symposium Establishes New Benchmark for Information, Science See: 2011 NIAA Symposium Proceedings: Antibiotic Use in Food Animals: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose…
View ArticleOctober 30, 2011
MIT News (USA): Analysis of 29 mammals reveals genomic ‘dark matter’ Genomic comparison offers a new map for charting human disease and biology. Haley Bridger, Broad Institute October 13, 2011 “An international team of researchers has discovered the vast majority of the so-called “dark matter” in the human genome, by means of…
View ArticleFood Safety and One Health Issues Discussed: “Produce Problems: How Pigs, Pollution And Other People Taint Our Fruits And Veggies” – October 26, 2011
October 27, 2011
Food Safety and One Health Issues Discussed: Produce Problems: How Pigs, Pollution And Other People Taint Our Fruits And Veggies By Reporter Lynne Peeples – The Huffington Post lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.com The second in a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Please see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/produce-contamination-illness-listeria-infection-loop_n_1033152.html
View ArticleOctober 26, 2011
2nd Report of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee – April 2011 (USA) Includes references to building One Health infrastructure: “Challenges – One Health: Domestic animal, wildlife and plant disease surveillance systems and food and vector disease monitoring systems should be integrated into the national biosurveillance strategy for human health.” http://www.cdc.gov/about/advisory/pdf/NBASFinalReport_April2011.pdf
View ArticleThe Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) Publishes Infectious Diseases of Concern to Captive and Free-ranging Wildlife in North America – Provided October 23, 2011
October 24, 2011
Please see Important publication with free access…of significant One Health [interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary] interest: The Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) Publishes Infectious Diseases of Concern to Captive and Free-ranging Wildlife in North America Napier JE, Gamble KC (editors): Infectious diseases of concern to captive and free-ranging animals in North…
View ArticleGlobal Handwashing Day was October 15, 2011
October 19, 2011
Global Handwashing Day was October 15, 2011 But it is never too late to wash your hands!! Please see: http://www.globalhandwashingday.org/
View ArticleOctober 16, 2011
One Health interest… Comments on Abstract “ Professional exposure to goats increases the risk of pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma: Results of the IFCT-0504-Epidemio study “ by Magnin-Lutringer et al, presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress meeting in the Netherlands, September 25, 2011 https://www.ersnetsecure.org/public/prg_congres.abstract?ww_i_presentation=53083: Brian Henderson MD1 This is an interesting clinical series of…
View ArticleA One Health Milestone…U. S. Veterinary Journal Establishes Visionary One Health Policy and One Health Section
October 12, 2011
A One Health Milestone… U. S. Veterinary Journal Establishes Visionary One Health Policy and One Health Section The official journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), Clinician’s Brief http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/journal/october-2011: see View this Issue, a peer reviewed journal, has established a unique, visionary and seminal One Health policy…the journal is primarily designed to…
View ArticleNational Symposium Focus: 360-Degree View of Antibiotic Use in Food Animals
October 10, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2011 Contact: Katie Ambrose 719-538-8843 katie.ambrose@animalagriculture.org National Symposium Focus: 360-Degree View of Antibiotic Use in Food Animals – The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Oct. 3)—Antibiotic use in food animals has been dissected in the media, online and among consumers for the past…
View ArticleU.S. American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Endorses One Health – October 5, 2011
October 6, 2011
U.S. American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Endorses One Health Provided to One Health Initiative team October 5, 2011 “The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) strongly believes that pet ownership provides many emotional and physical health benefits to humans. Studies show that people are more likely to exercise with their pets than by themselves or…
View ArticleOctober 3, 2011
University of California, Davis, CA (USA) – School of Veterinary Medicine One Health Project Dr. Calvin Schwabe, Veterinarian, Coined “One Medicine”, now called One Health UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine SEE: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/about/schwabe.cfm http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/local-assets/pdfs/schwabe_coins_onemedicine#schwabe_coins_onemedicine
View ArticleAnnual number of deaths from rabies hits 70,000 worldwide – News Release September 28, 2011
October 2, 2011
Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) News Release Annual number of deaths from rabies hits 70,000 worldwide Economic burden of disease hits US$4 billion “Geneva, Glasgow 28 September 2011: The Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) today announces that preliminary data released this month at the OIE Global Conference on Eliminating Rabies has estimated…
View ArticleSeptember 30, 2011
See important September 30, 2011 Huffington Post (USA) column that includes One Health implications: ‘Contagion’ Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases By Lynne Peeples lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.com PLEASE SEE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/contagion-infectious-disease-animals-environment-health_n_987455.html?1317396819
View ArticleAnimal Clinic (USA) Promotes One Health on Website
September 29, 2011
Animal Clinic (USA) Promotes One Health on Website Bennett Porter III, DVM, owner of the Westgate Pet Clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), posted a One Health promotional website News item on September 7, 2011. Dr. Porter is one of the early visionary private practice veterinarians to recognize the importance of appreciating and engaging the…
View ArticleContagion Movie was One Health Deficient…making it Unrealistic! – Review September 29, 2011
September 28, 2011
Contagion Movie was One Health Deficient…making it Unrealistic! What Contagion missed By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 29 September 2011 “It’s not often that Hollywood ventures into the realm of epidemics and public health, and when it does, the outcome is usually laughably out of touch with reality — like Outbreak, the 1995…
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Vaccines for zoonoses: a One Health paradigm
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