Vets join human disease battlefield
In Atlanta, veterinarians are on the front lines of public health as about 75 percent of new infectious diseases originate in animals. Vets help spot and fight outbreaks from SARS to West Nile, with CDC employing 80 veterinarians and a new office to recruit more, despite public health careers not always matching private practice payoffs.
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Atlanta
Keith Prasse
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Lonnie King
Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Asia
King
Midwest
Prasse
Jennifer McQuiston
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
East Coast states unite to protect threatened bird
States from Maryland to New York join a concerted effort to aid the red knot on its 8000 mile migration from Argentina. The bird relies on horseshoe crab eggs in the Chesapeake Bay for fuel on the journey to Canada. Declining crab numbers push the species toward extinction, prompting new harvest limits by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
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Albany
N.Y
Maryland
New York
Argentina
Cana
South America
Chesapeake Bay
New Jersey
Canada
Tierra del Fuego
Audubon Society
Audubon
Delaware
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Brad Spear
Maine
Florida
Robert Munson
Munson
Newport
Philadelphia
Choosing the right spine care center and doctor
The article argues that patients should seek board certified spine specialists with focused practice and high spine-specific experience. It suggests asking doctors for their spine patient percentage and whether they operate in a multidisciplinary Center of Excellence for complex cases.
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Board of Medical
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