In the News

New York Times (Aug. 25) – Phthalates are well-known hormone-disrupting chemicals, said Jodi Flaws, Ph.D., a professor of comparative biosciences and the director of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Toxicology Program at the University of Illinois. “They…
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Politico (Aug. 25) – Scientists at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may have the answer to helping cure Covid-19, and a tiger is involved… When the scientists needed a lab to conduct the tests en…
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Danville (Ill.) Commercial News (Aug. 24) – “Almost any species, and animals of any age can receive a chiropractic adjustment,” says Dr. Catherine Foreman-Hesterberg, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois who is certified in…
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Brownfield Ag News (Aug. 20) – Dr. Timothy Fan and other researchers in the veterinary college helped create the Illinois SHIELD test. He says the veterinary diagnostic lab made the quick implementation of the test…
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Illinois AgriNews (Aug. 18) – An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in United States could be devastating for the beef or dairy industry. “Foot and mouth disease is still present in the world,” said…
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ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Aug. 18) – Watch as students in the Wildlife Medical Clinic give an examination and administer medication to one of their patients, a great horned owl. Dr. Sam Sanders narrates the event. https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/inside-look-at-an-animal-exam-with-the-u-of-i-wildlife-medical-clinic/

NPR (Aug. 15) – As students return to the campus of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this month, they will be tested for COVID-19. And, then they’ll be tested, again. “We are requiring testing two…
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Journal of the AVMA (Aug. 12) – Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in San Diego developed acute-onset illness with lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy in April and May 2019….
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Feedstuffs (Aug. 12) – The U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine recently established an online master’s degree to help address global demands for a safe and nourishing food supply. “Only a relatively small number…
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Science (Aug. 3) – In an article calling for a “radical shift in testing strategy” to adequately contain the coronavirus pandemic, Rebecca Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, says, “we need…
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