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WCIA-TV News (Champaign, Illinois; March 11) – “2020 was kind of the worst-case scenario for many of us,” said Becky Smith, U of I epidemiology associate professor and health innovation professor. “We knew that it…
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ABC 7 Chicago News (March 5) –  “If you’re doing it just because the price of eggs is high right now, I think you’ll be disappointed,” said Dr. Yvette Johnson-Walker with University of Illinois Veterinary…
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The 21st Show (WILL-AM; March 3) – Dr. Stephany Lewis, Clinical Assistant Professor in Zoological Medicine & Director of Wildlife Medical Clinic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was part of an expert panel taking listeners’ questions…
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WAND-TV (March 3) – A new technology called extracorporeal shockwave therapy has worked wonders for a black lab named Farrah. According to Clinical Instructor of Rehabilitation Kim Knap, this system uses really intense sound waves…
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News-Gazette (Feb. 23) – According to Tobias Ellis, head farrier at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, a long-standing practice was to follow an eight-week trim schedule so that the nail holes would…
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Cleburne Times-Review (Feb. 23) – Dr. Alyssa Baratta-Martin, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, says, “About 50% or more of my procedures at the moment involve dental health.” Some patients offer…
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News Medical (Feb. 19) – A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic link to psychosis,…
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WVIK-AM (with audio; Rock Island, Illinois; Feb. 18) —University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Wildlife Medical Clinic Director Dr. Stephany Lewis says waterfowl birds are the most susceptible to spreading avian influenza. They migrate and could come…
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Association for Women in Science | Chicago (Feb. 18) – Dr. Kim Selting is a veterinary radiation oncologist and a cancer treatment researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “Even though I’m 30 years into…
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Effingham Daily News (Feb. 17) – The bird was collected on Feb. 11 in Effingham and submitted for testing at the University of Illinois Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/hawk-tests-positive-for-bird-flu-in-effingham-county Also in * WCIA-TV News (Feb. 16)https://www.wcia.com/news/effingham-county/bird-tests-positive-for-avian-flu-in-effingham-co/