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Public Health
The current labeling practices allowed by the FDA and to a smaller extent the USDA are a disaster for consumers looking to understand how to shop responsibly and eat healthy.
CAHFS was formed in 2001 after high-profile public health issues sent shock waves through the agricultural community. Now 17 years later, the center plays a key role in protecting people from animal diseases & food borne illnesses.
The world’s most pressing issues— increases in global population size, food insecurity, social inequality, and environmental deterioration—cannot be addressed through a single lens.
Animals, just as humans, are affected by wildfires, especially from smoke. As with any emergency, it is extremely important to have a pet and large animal disaster preparedness checklist available in the event of a wildfire.
Dr. Mohammad Alkhamis will join CAHFS for the next event in the Hueston Speaker Series on Tuesday July 17 with a talk titled "The age of evolutionary epidemiology: how phylodynamic methods are changing animal disease surveillance.”
I’m hoping you are feeling well today, after yesterday's Independence Day celebrations. However, If you are not -- it might not be just the liquids in yesterday's diet that are to blame. If USDA’s new research is to be believed, 9 out of 10 people sharing food with you on the 4th either didn’t wash their hands at all or washed them poorly.
As news has been published about the Trump administration separating immigrant children from their families, there is a need to discuss the long-term health complications of the traumatic experience.
Delta Air Lines announced that it will be banning “pit bull type” dogs as service dogs and support animals on its flights starting July 10. It will also limit each customer to one support animal per flight.
Minnesota state health investigators were able to quickly identify a cyclospora outbreak with the help of culture independent diagnostic tests, a panel test that distinguishes between 22 pathogens that are likely candidates to make people sick.