Category: Member News

Good news first: Avian flu does not currently pose a widespread risk to human health. But as it burns through California’s poultry and dairy industries, it’s sickening farmworkers, hitting the state’s agricultural economy hard and jacking up the price of eggs for all.

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I’m a senior veterinarian at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which is an umbrella organization and includes the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and the New York Aquarium— along with a separate international conservation program. I am based at the Bronx Zoo (the largest of the WCS institutions), but I […]

Associate Professor Crystal Rogers is one of eight faculty members who comprise the newest class of UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellows, given to early career academics doing exemplary work in their fields. 

Douglas Mader, MS, DVM, DABVP (C/F, R/A), DECZM (Herpetology) Dr. Douglas Mader, Class of 1986, was recently honored with the UC Davis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Once consisting of two unique herds, researchers believe the Yellowstone bison herds should now be managed as one interbreeding population. Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have discovered that bison in Yellowstone National Park — the only group of American bison that has continually existed as wildlife in […]

By Sarah Carey A day in the life of a veterinarian is rife with challenges — from surgeries and vaccinations to performing euthanasia. Veterinary medical students need in-depth training and hands-on experience to prepare for the emotional and intellectual demands of this work. That’s where the Clinical Skills and Techniques Laboratory at the University of Florida College of […]

Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both COVID-19 and influenza, and broader immunity to different flu strains.

A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, holds promise as a new treatment for C. difficile, a notoriously difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. The targeted treatment was as effective as human fecal transplants in mice against C. difficile infection with fewer safety concerns, protecting against severe symptoms and […]

Environmental contaminants don’t just pose direct risks to human health — they may also have hidden effects through the microbiome that researchers are working to uncover. The latest episode of Growing Impact discusses how environmental contaminants affect human health, a research focus for Penn State professors Andrew Patterson and Costas Maranas.