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Chronicle of Higher Education (Aug. 30) – Many campuses have dropped their COVID-19 vaccination mandates. Rebecca L. Smith, an epidemiologist at the U. of I. – which still has its vaccination mandate – says the…
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American Horse Publications (June 23) – Equine veterinarians can help protect their clients’ broodmares and unborn foals from nocardioform placentitis (NP) with new disease guidelines published by the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Dr. Igor…
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CBS News Chicago (Aug. 26) – Dr. Rebecca Smith of the University of Illinois told CBS 2’s Marissa Perlman, “Finding more cases can be a good thing, because it means we’re finding the people and,…
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HealthDay (Aug. 26) – “They’re not wired all that differently from us,” said Dr. Rose Peters, a veterinary neurologist with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine, who was not involved in…
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Leaps (Aug. 16) – Leyi Wang, a veterinary virologist at the University of Illinois, says that captive and pet animals most often get infected by humans. It goes both ways, he says, citing a recent…
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DVM 360 (Aug. 11) – “We are excited to collaborate with Varian on this unique clinical school,” said Kim A. Selting, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), DACVR (Radiation Oncology), University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine….
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AMA EdHub (Aug. 3) – Members of the Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory turtle surveillance team were featured in a video released by the American Medical Association that explores what animal surveillance looks like on the ground…
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ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Aug. 4) – Dr. Lauren Forsythe plays many roles at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, where the variety of patient species and the lack of commercial medications formulated to meet their…
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CBS News Chicago (Aug. 2) – Monkeypox continues to spread across the Chicago area at an alarming rate. Dr. Becky Smith of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign joins CBS 2’s Brad Edwards with some…
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Chicago Tribune (with audio; July 26) – A coyote kept in a cage at a Cook County forest preserve will get a larger and better-equipped enclosure in response to protests over the animal’s living conditions….
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