Global Alliance for Rabies Control still says there are at least 120 times more rabies deaths than found by 14 years of annual body counts NEW DELHI––New national rabies survey data from the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, the Indian equivalent of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, shows for the 14th […]
Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan”
Part II of a 5-part series (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & money talks, What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) LONDON, U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit, as the June 23, 2016 choice of United Kingdom […]
A 21-vaccination salute to the founders of ProMED
Editorial by Merritt Clifton Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases cofounder Jack Woodall and Martin Hugh-Jones, who was among the ProMED founding moderators, have been separately selected to receive two of the highest honors in veterinary epidemiology. Hugh-Jones is on July 15, 2016 to receive an honorary fellowship from the British Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Woodall […]
Spillover: Animal Infections & The Next Human Pandemic
by David Quammen W.W. Norton and Company (500 5th Ave., New York, NY 10110), 2012. 592 pages, hardcover. $28.95 Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Now, at the height of by far the worst outbreak of Ebola virus on record, is an excellent time to either read or re-read David Quammen’s 2012 opus Spillover: Animal Infections & […]
Foot-and-mouth disease spreads; Indian outbreak of foot-in-mouth disease may inhibit global vaccination effort
NEW DELHI––Erratic performance from some Indian-made vaccines may be undercutting foot-and-mouth disease eradication efforts throughout the developing world, potentially threatening the lives of millions of cattle, sheep, pigs, and other hooved animals. The alleged vaccine failures might also pose a significant threat to animals in Europe and North America. Foot-and-mouth disease can travel with infected […]