Tag:
Public Health
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has identified H5N2 low pathogenic avian influenza in a two commercial turkey flocks in Stearns County and Kandiyohi County.
Wednesday October 17th marks the legalization of marijuana nationwide in Canada; it is the second and largest developed country to legalize the use of marijuana nationwide. What is the impact on us as animal health professionals?
The Minnesota Department of Health and pediatricians around the state are working together to ensure children receive the flu vaccine this season. The recommendation follows CDC’s report on data collected from the National Immunization Survey, which calls last year’s deadly flu season one of the worst in recent history.
The CDC confirmed that rural Americans generally experience more health disparaties than urban and suburban Americans, and that the gap in suicide rates between rural and urban Americans has widened since 1999.
Vaccination policy and hurricane response are only two of many areas where response programs were constructed based on effective population level responses, only to have serious flaws revealed due to poor communication with and understanding of the public.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking hunters to voluntarily submit samples to examine exposure and active infections of West Nile virus (WNV) in ruffed grouse.
Dr. Elizabeth Mumford will join CAHFS for the next event in the Hueston Speaker Series on Thursday, September 6 with a talk titled "Preparing the world to respond to emerging disease: the One Health work of WHO.”
