In the News

NBC-TV Channel 5 Chicago (Jan. 13) – “There is no straightforward answer to how cold is too cold and how long is too long to remain outside, because there are so many variables,” Dr. Gene…
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DVM360 (Jan. 13) – “Most of these programs in the US are designed to facilitate you to become a board-certified specialist through the American College of Zoological Medicine… But I think this was a really…
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ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Jan. 8) – Dr. Alyssa Baratta-Martin, a veterinarian who recently joined the primary care service at the University of Illinois’s Veterinary Medicine South Clinic, shared tips on how to prevent hypothermia, frostbite, and more…
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Belleville News-Democrat (Jan. 5) – While a “mystery” canine respiratory illness has been at least anecdotally reported in Illinois, a new, specific canine respiratory virus has yet to be identified in the state or anywhere…
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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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Business News (Dec. 12) – PAC-1, a drug originally developed by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, triggers programmed cell death in cancer cells. Most notably, it managed to halt tumor growth in…
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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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