One Health News

*Hendra Virus Vaccine:  A Classical Example of One Health   Thomas P. Monath, MD In November, 2012, Pfizer Animal Health launched Equivac®HeV, a vaccine for the prevention of Hendra virus disease of horses in Australia. Since horses are a major source of contact spread of Hendra virus to humans, the vaccine promises to make an…

What is the essence of One Health (formerly called One Medicine)?   Answer:  There are more than one definitions of “One Health”.  However, one that is widely accepted and quoted in other publications is “The One Health concept is a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for…

Final Reminder…   Reminder: The First World Research and Innovation Congress is scheduled June 5 & 6, 2013 – Brussels, Belgium – Posted One Health Initiative website Tuesday, April 23, 2013   The First World Research and Innovation Congress is scheduled June 5 & 6, 2013 – Brussels, Belgium   The first World Research and…

An important One Health organizational supportive endeavor…     The National Academies of Practice (NAP) http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php   Please see https://netforum.avectra.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=NAP2&WebCode=AboutNAP “…Dr. Cummings suggested to his colleagues that what the Congress needed was an interdisciplinary body of health care practitioners that would set aside turf battles and advise Congress as to what was best for the…

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CD) Morbidity and Mortality Report   Emergence of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Causing Severe Human Illness — China, February–April 2013 One Health in Action…   Early Release May 1, 2013 / 62(Early Release);1-6    “…Continued collaboration between the human and animal health sectors is essential to better understand…

One Health Initiative website Honorary Advisory Board Joined by President, World Medical Association   May 6, 2013 — Today we proudly announce that among the current outstanding and distinguished One Health supporter/advocates and recognized One Health  leaders, Cecil B. Wilson, MD, MACP has graciously agreed to serve as a participating member of the One Health…

Published Horizon Solutions Site www.solutionssite.org April 27, 2013   One Health Initiative Advances Care for Humans, Animals and the Environment By One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH   “The…

Horizon International of Yale University (USA) Endorses One Health   On April 24, 2013, Janine M. H. Selendy, Chairman, President, and Publisher of Horizon International, Yale University, Department of Biology, Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103 (USA) sent the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team an important and welcomed One Health endorsement message.  …

Reminder…   The First World Research and Innovation Congress is scheduled June 5 & 6, 2013 – Brussels, Belgium   The first World Research and Innovation Congress www.worldresearchcongress.com – Pioneers in Healthcare conference takes place at the Steigenberger Grandhotel, Brussels, Belgium on the 5 and 6 June, 2013. Bringing together over 500 of the world’s…

The Novel H7N9 Influenza A Virus: Its Present Impact and Indeterminate Future   Robert E. Kahn, PhD and Juergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD, Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (USA)   “Influenza A viruses are unpredictable in their emergence, ability to mutate or reassort, and especially…

Prominent Physician and Veterinarian Jointly Discuss “One Health” Human-Animal Comparative Medicine Presentations – RE: Asthma  By Frank Adams, MD, FCCP and Ann Hohenhaus, DVM, DACVIM  *Drs. Frank Adams, a physician http://www.adamsmd.com/PatientPortal/MyPractice.aspx?UAID={615E3AE9-8B58-48AC-B39F-1753B798DB1E}&TabID={1} ; http://www.siriusxm.com/doctorradio, and Ann Hohenhaus http://www.amcny.org/node/20, a veterinarian, are both One Health supporters.  Together, in this article provided exclusively to the One Health Initiative…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) One Health Physician gives lecture at University of Florida (USA) “On Friday, April 5, Kathleen F. Gensheimer, MD gave a lecture to UF students and faculty titled “FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network: A Multidisciplinary/One Health Approach to Foodborne Outbreak Investigations”. Dr. Gensheimer is the Chief Medical Officer/Director…

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Supports One Health  “CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases is committed to maximizing the health of people in the United States and globally by preventing and controlling emerging and zoonotic infections. Under the leadership of Director Beth P. Bell, MD, MPH, Beth P. Bell the Center works…

Important One Health Educational Opportunity released…   The United Kingdom’s Edinburgh University Announces Launch of New Online Distance Learning One Health Master of Science Program   “The University of Edinburgh is launching a new Master of Science (MSc) degree program in One Health.  It is for working professionals looking to study the complex relationships and…

Public Health Doyen to Celebrate 100th Birthday     James H. Steele, DVM, MPH, a leading veterinary medical public health figure in the 20th and early 21st centuries, is celebrating his 100th birthday on April 3, 2013.  Indeed, many of the world’s notable public health figures will be celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of Dr. James…

Important One Health Meeting Announcement reminder… Plan now to attend the Medical Library Association 2013 Conference in Boston & meet your International Colleagues   May 3-8, 2013 Boston, MA (USA)   http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2013/about/index.html   Among other prominent One Health speakers will be One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team member Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP…

One Health Chapter—A First—Included in Prominent Public Health Textbook  Jekel’s Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health, 4th Edition …Chapter 30—One Health: Interdependence of People, Other Species, and the Planet… Barrett, M. A. and S. A. Osofsky. 2013. “One Health: Interdependence of People, Other Species, and the Planet,” pp. 364-377 (and online supplement pp. 407(e1)-416(e10)…

NEW!  One Health position opening…   One Health Research Coordinator   Starting this summer at the new “Center for One Health” at University of Washington – Seattle, Washington (USA)   The job posting is Req # 93436 in the University of Washington job listings, please see link below:   https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=93436&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1   Prospective candidates should apply…

One Health collaborative cancer research: Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center …”Treating dogs with cancer provides us with a great comparative oncology model for humans,” said Colleen O’Connor, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow at MD Anderson and one of the primary investigators on the study. “We learned…

One Health Discussed at American Association of Public Health Physician’s (AAPHP) Annual Meeting   At the February 22, 2013 Annual meeting of the American Association of Public Health Physician’s (AAPHP) , President Virginia Dato, MD, MPH noted that lifetime member and One Health liaison representative *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP presented a cogent One Health…