In the News

WIFR-TV (Rockford, Ill., June 18) — As tick populations expand across the Midwest, a phenomenon scientists attribute to climate change, concerns about tick-borne illnesses are growing. Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a…
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DVM360 (June 12) – Dr. Todd Sumerfield, a cardiology resident at the University of Illinois, was one of 15 residents recognized for their research abstracts by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) at the…
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WAND-TV (June 9) – The Shelby County Health Department announced Tuesday that lab tests confirmed a bat tested positive for rabies, and the positive test results came from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary…
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First News (WCIA-TV: June 9) – Dr. Grace Lyu, a PhD graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine, investigated a compound called MP-III-022 to learn if it could help prevent cognitive deficits after a surgery…
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Bioengineer (London, June 8) — A groundbreaking study led by Illinois pathobiology professor Csaba Varga analyzed nearly 2,000 cases of human infections caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli bacteria in the United States. Resistance to…
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News-Gazette (June 7) – One of the most common and serious heart conditions affecting cats is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which causes the left ventricle of the heart to become abnormally thick. “The thickening makes it difficult…
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Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois; June 4) – The birth of four red wolf pups is a major milestone in the conservation of this highly endangered species. The zoo’s staff and veterinarians at the University of Illinois…
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News-Gazette (May 31) – “Obesity can decrease overall life expectancy and contribute to development of chronic conditions such as diabetes and osteoarthritis,” said Dr. Gene Pavlovsky, director of the Dr. John A. Coyne South Clinic…
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WTWO-TV (with video; Terra Haute, Ind., May 28) – Rebecca Smith, a pathobiology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, led a study that tracked three species of ticks across the state of Illinois: the…
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News-Gazette (May 24) – Dr. Natrine Cheuk, a medical oncology resident at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, says, “Lymphoma is a cancer of immune cells called lymphocytes. It usually arises in…
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