In 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture established a regulatory pathway for animal health companies to develop vaccines for critical disease challenges, known as “prescription platform” vaccines. In South Dakota, Medgene’s proprietary production model, known as ISPrime, was designed to leverage these advances in vaccine science to address critical diseases including avian influenza virus H5N1, […]
Breaking: New threats to grizzlies, wolves and Endangered Species Act emerge in Congress
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources voted in favor of six bills and resolutions that threaten to remove protections from grizzly bears and gray wolves and weaken the Endangered Species Act. This “grab bag” of danger includes: The Trust the Science Act, H.R. 764, would […]
One Health Joint Plan of Action to address health threats to humans, animals, plants and environment
Geneva, Nairobi, Paris and Rome, 17 October 2022 – Today, a new One Health Joint Plan of Action was launched by the Quadripartite – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as […]
Animal rescue gets death threats after drag queen reads to dogs
A dog shelter is receiving death threats because it had a drag queen read books to dogs. On September 24, the Hard Knocks Rescue & Training facility of Huntsville, Alabama had a drag queen named Miss Majesty Divine read to the dogs in its care. Chaya Raichik, who goes by LibsofTikTok on social media, posted […]