Global Animal Health News
Global Animal Health News
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05.22.2019
Burroughs Wellcome fund awards Leigh Knodler "Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease" Gran.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund today announced that Leigh Knodler, assistant professor at the WSU Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health (Allen School), was awarded 2019 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease funding. She is joining a cohort of 10 others from leading research universities around the country.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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05.21.2019
'It's not going away': WSU researchers warn of antibiotic resistance
A group of researchers at Washington State University are studying bacteria that can't be stopped with antibiotics, in hopes of solving a worldwide problem. Hospitals are starting to see some patients with infections even the strongest antibiotics can't conquer. Researchers said we should be very concerned of the global problem. “It is global and it's not going away," said Dr. Douglas Call, a researcher at WSU who studies antibiotic resistance.
K5 News
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05.17.2019
WSU’s Leigh Knodler wins prestigious award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund today announced that Leigh Knodler, assistant professor at the WSU Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health (Allen School), was awarded 2019 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease funding. She is joining a cohort of 10 others from leading research universities around the country.
WSU Insider
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04.11.2019
WSU Rabies Free Tanzania launches vaccination decentralization trial
Washington State University Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health (Allen School)-Rabies Free Tanzania announces a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded program, expected to radically improve dog vaccination delivery to address human rabies deaths in East Africa. Rabies kills nearly 60,000 people each year, primarily children from dog bites.
WSU Insider
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04.11.2019
A social justice perspective on access to human rabies vaccines
Rabies kills tens of thousands of people every year despite being entirely vaccine preventable.
ScienceDirect
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04.08.2019
In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections
Overuse of the medicines is not just a problem in rich countries. Throughout the developing world antibiotics are dispensed with no prescription required.
NY Times
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03.20.2019
WSU tops nation in USDA research funding
Washington State University received more USDA research and development funding than any other university for the second year in a row.
Capital Press
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03.19.2019
The Silence of the Frogs
In the mid-1990s, investigators identified a mysterious and seemingly unstoppable killer. Its name? Chytrid. Its prey? Frogs. Since then, the disease has ravaged frog populations worldwide, and despite decades of research there’s still no cure.
Smithsonian
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03.18.2019
Tanzanian farmers don’t vaccinate against foot and mouth disease. Here’s why
Foot-and-mouth-disease is one of the world’s most contagious and economically damaging diseases. Infected animals develop lesions on the feet, mouth, and/or mammary glands which cause lameness, loss of appetite and decreased milk yields.
The Conversation