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WCIA-TV News (Jan. 2) – Champaign Girl Scouts helped purchase AstroTurf for the birds and a puzzle feeder for the opossum at the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Clinic. Program Coordinator Sydney Oliveira said they…
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CBS News-Chicago (Jan. 3) – A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign linked acetaminophen with language delays in children. Susan Schantz, professor emerita of comparative biosciences and one of the…
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WICS-TV News Channel 20 (Dec. 13) – “The respiratory diseases, just like they do in people this time of year, start increasing. Because we’re all getting closer together, put inside more together, interacting more closely,…
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ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Dec. 11) – Dr. Monica Chen, surgery technician Kellie Gard, and Hank the dog visited the station to describe a radiographic screening technique that identifies the risk that a dog will develop joint…
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The Telegraph (Alton, Ill.; Nov. 28) – The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois points out the symptoms also reflect “kennel cough or canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC), as respiratory signs…
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The Paw Report (WEIU-TV; Nov. 27) – Dr. Kari Foss visited the Paw Report set to help viewers understand canine epilepsy.

BoingBoing (Nov. 27) – “Animal poison control hotlines have been reporting exponential increases in the number of calls about pets exposed to marijuana as the drug has been legalized for medical or recreational use in…
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The Western Journal (commentary; Nov. 27) – Last week, Dr. Lisa Bazzle of the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital summarized the situation regarding this new and more severe form of CIRDC. “Unlike the more…
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Newsweek (Nov. 24) – The Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine stated as of Tuesday “our clinicians at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana and the Medical District Veterinary Clinic in Chicago had not seen an…
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