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One Health

Climate Change

 One health (World Health Organization)


Veterinarians and public health | American Veterinary Medical Association (avma.org)


Public Health vs. Clinical Health Professions: What's the Difference? (apha.org)


The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most (msn.com)




Climate Change

Climate Change

NASA: Climate Change and Global Warming


Chapter 5: Vector-Borne Diseases | Climate and Health Assessment (globalchange.gov)


IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Animals as Disease Reservoirs

Animals as Disease Reservoirs

NOVA | Bat Superpowers | Season 48 | Episode 10 | PBS 


Watch 60 Minutes: Searching for Pathogen X - Full show on CBS 



Public Health in the News

Bird Flu (Updated 2/11/25)

Bird Flu (Updated 2/11/25)

Bird Flu (Updated 2/11/25)

People often think of 'the flu' as only a human-to-human disease, but the reservoir for the virus is in animals. More exciting challenges for Maya Maguire with pigs and birds in the future "Influenza" book!


 Nevada dairy worker infected with new bird flu strain becomes state's first human case 


Avian flu strikes more poultry flocks in 7 states and more cats | CIDRAP 


7 things you can do to prevent getting bird flu - UChicago Medicine 


 20 big cats die amid bird flu outbreak in Washington sanctuary 


 Pet food recalled after testing positive for bird flu 


 Virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds 


 Bird poop may be the key to stopping the next flu pandemic. Here’s why. 


 Why unprecedented bird flu outbreaks sweeping the world are concerning scientists (nature.com) 

 

Mpox (Updated 2/11/25)

Bird Flu (Updated 2/11/25)

Bird Flu (Updated 2/11/25)

Photo from CDC

(Photomicrograph from CDC)


The last US outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) was in 2003 from owners and veterinarians handling pet prairie dogs, exposed at pet rodent distributors by imported giant Gambian rats. Now we have a new wrinkle with human-to-human transmission. See links below and look forward to the "M" novel!


Third US clade 1 mpox case reported, in New Hampshire | CIDRAP


Mpox (World Health Organization) 


Mpox: The Next Pandemic? | Watch 



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