A new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats, marking a milestone in the international fight against one of the most destructive wildlife diseases in modern times. “This is a significant …
In late March 2019, the World Health Organization and a vaccine advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration selected the final influenza strains to include in the vaccines produced for the next flu season. …
Although highly effective vaccines are available against canine parvovirus and canine distemper virus, large numbers of dogs around the world die of these infectious diseases annually. Puppies and young dogs in their first year of …
How today’s canine patients help to advance better cancer therapies for pets and people Rex, a five-year-old Cane Corso weighing in at 100 pounds, had a summer to remember in 2018. Swimming in Lake Michigan, …
What attracted you to UW–Madison and the School of Veterinary Medicine? Samanta: The world-class stem cell and neuroscience research community. What was your first visit to campus like? I was impressed with the collegiality of …
Preeclampsia is a medical condition that affects pregnant women, raising a mother’s blood pressure and threatening both her life and her baby’s. Accompanying symptoms include water retention and protein in the urine. Rarer, but more …
Home to robust populations of ticks and their hosts (namely, mice and deer), Wisconsin has become a hot spot for tick-borne diseases. Over the past 25 years, deer ticks have trekked from the northern parts …
Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human “common cold” virus, a new study has identified two other respiratory viruses of human origin …
Five-year trial now underway to test universal vaccine Could the body’s own immune system be primed to prevent cancer through a quick vaccine? A clinical trial launched this fall aims to bring new clarity to …