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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/

CathLabDigest (Feb. 13) – Over the past two years, Dr. Ryan Fries and his colleagues at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital have performed more than 40 interventional procedures to repair diseased heart valves in…
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chambanamoms.com (Feb. 13) – For dogs that haven’t been vaccinated, the virus rapidly takes hold. Most parvo cases occur in puppies aged six weeks to six months. Young dogs have an immature immune system and…
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Kinship (Feb. 10) – Dr. Rebecca Lee Smith, a veterinary epidemiologist and associate professor for the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, cautions that “nothing is 100 percent safe,” so it’s best to always…
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Chicago Sun-Times (Feb. 5) – The current strain of avian influenza has mutated to transmit among mammals, including cows, cats and zoo animals. The current risk to household pets is from raw or undercooked pet…
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WTTW-TV (Feb. 4) – [T]his strain of H5N1 has been “unique and devastating” in the scope of its spread and the variety of species involved, said Dr. Stephany Lewis, director of the wildlife medical clinic…
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ABC7 Eyewitness News (Chicago, Illinois; Feb. 3) – Reports of dead birds washing up on beaches along Lake Michigan are sparking new fears over bird flu. “We don’t think there’s any really serious public health…
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