One Health News

“One Health in Action” pearl from a Veterinarian who teaches in a U. S. Medical School   An article in The Scientist.com  http://www.the-scientist.com/2010/7/1/22/1/  entitled ‘Litter bug’ presents some interesting stories about the transmission of the protozoan disease toxoplasmosis caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.  It occurs worldwide in mammals and birds and is a common…

1st International One Health Congress – REMINDER  Human Health, Animal Health, the Environment and Global Survival   Call for Abstracts Now Open …   Melbourne Convention Centre Victoria, Australia February 14 -16, 2011    See Website for More information http://www.onehealth2011.com/  Welcome to the 1st International One Health Congress! For the last few years, the One…

PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release July 12, 2010     Multidisciplinary Speaker Line-up for Zoonoses Conference   OAK BROOK, IL  July 12, 2010:  Experts from across the professional disciplines of human health, disease control and veterinary medicine will be featured at the Sept. 23-24 symposium, Zoonoses: Understanding the Animal Agriculture and Human Health Connection.…

“One Health” Session Schedule Announced for North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), in Orlando, Florida (USA) Monday, January 17,  2011 It was recently announced that The North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) www.navc.com would present a new session in 2011 which focuses on the important and timely topic of One Health. The One Health initiative is a…

United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) Washington, D.C.  20250         July 8, 2010 Subject:   Notice on Vacancies on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods      We are working to recruit new members for the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).  The Committee provides scientific advice and recommendations…

“One Health in Action” – Veterinarian Earns Professor Promotion at School of Medicine in Lubbock, Texas (USA)   Ronald D. Warner, DVM, MPVM, PhD and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM) with a specialty in epidemiology was promoted to Professor at Texas Tech Universitys School of Medicine (TTUHSC) – Lubbock, TX…

Wellcome Trust & Wolfson Foundation Funds Establishment of ‘Laboratory of Comparative & Veterinary Virology’ at new Centre for Virus Research at University of Glasgow, Scotland (UK)     Prof. Massimo Palmarini, DVM, PhD, Director of the Medical Research Centre, University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research notified the One Health Initiative website team today (July…

NOTICE (July 5, 2010):  The One Health Initiative Website Welcomes …  Worldwide One Health Submissions for Posting on: ·                         One Health News page ·                         Publications page ·                         Upcoming Events page Comments and suggestions also appreciated…  Please send to kkm@onehealthinitiative.com c/o Contents Manager Bottom line of One Health Implementation: “Untold millions of lives will be protected…

Praecipio International Team Endorses One Health  In a June 30, 2010 message to the One Health Initiative website team, *physician director and co-founder of Praecipio International              http://praecipiointernational.org/ and http://praecipiointernational.org/?page_id=852, James M. Wilson V, MD endorsed One Health and wrote:   “One Health has the full support of our team at Praecipio and an open offer…

Brazilian Virologist Responsible for the Isolation of Dengue fever (“breakbone fever”) Virus Dies   Dr. Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr (1936 – June 21, 2010), was a Brazilian veterinarian, virologist and researcher of Austrian descent. He was 75 and was the head of the Department of Virology at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC / Fiocruz) in Rio…

Antibiotics in Animals Need Limits, F.D.A. [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] Says By GARDINER HARRIS  New York Times Published: June 28, 2010  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/health/policy/29fda.html?hp Also see WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20100628/fda-antibiotics-in-livestock-affects-human-health?src=RSS_PUBLIC

One Health Book Reviewed Favorably in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) -USA   *This book review has been reprinted with the permission of the American Veterinary Medical Association.  It originally appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVA), 2010;236:1304-1305 [http://avmajournals.avma.org/loi/javma].  To quote from this review, please Reference the…

20th Century Public Health Leader and unheralded early One Health Practitioner Dies   June 23, 2010   The One Health Initiative website recently became aware of the death of Oscar Sussman, DVM, MPH, JD on March 25, 2010.  He was 92 years old.   In an obituary published online, Dr. Sussman was noted for his…

Important 4th Edition Book Published with One Health Implications   http://www.amazon.com/Pathogenesis-Bacterial-Infections-Animals-Carlton/dp/0813812372/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277135164&sr=1-2   The Fourth Edition of “Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals” captures the rapid developments in understanding the mechanisms of virulence of the major bacterial pathogens affecting animals. Now including a color plate section, the new edition has added emphasis on bacterial evasion of…

North Carolina State College (USA) of Veterinary Medicine Participates in International Cancer Study   Read complete story: http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news%7CSports%7CLifestyles/story/52303/NC_State_College_of_Veterinary_Medicine_Participates_in_International_Cance   “… The Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR) is a community of more than 100 research scientists from five North Carolina State University colleges. These investigators are involved in collaborative “One Health” studies with…

“One Health in ACTION”   New One Health Course Launched – University of California Global Health Institute (USA) – April 2010   The One Health Center of expertise was launched as part of the University of California Global Health Institute in November 2009 (http://www.ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu/). In April, One Health Center faculty at UC Davis and UC Riverside…

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal recently published a favorable review of the book: Who’s in Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPPPraeger Security International, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2009ISBN 978-0275994853Pages: 236; Price: US $49.95 It appeared in the…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Announces New Food Safety Reporting Website   www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm212845.htm   The FDA and the National Institutes of Health (USA) launched a new website on May 24, 2010 called the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP).  This site is used to report food safety problems and/or adverse events involving FDA-regulated foods (not including…

One Health Initiative Symposium: Vaccination of Animals for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases   American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene – 59th Annual Meeting – www.astmh.org   November 3-7, 2010 Marriott Atlanta Marquis Hotel Atlanta, Georgia (USA)   A symposium organized jointly by members of the ASTMH and the Society for Tropical Veterinary…

Hendra virus outbreak in Australia Affecting Human Lives: a ‘One Health in Action’ example   In response to several News reports including Australia.To News on May 21, 2010 entitled “New research sheds light on Hendra virus” and a ProMED-mail article posted on the One Health Initiative website’s ProMED page May 24, 2010 entitled “HENDRA VIRUS…