U.S.-licensed vaccines currently exist for hundreds of animal diseases. Among these are vaccines for diseases that affect both animals and humans, including rabies, West Nile virus, brucellosis, leptospirosis, and Lyme...more
Concerns about the potential for antibiotic resistance started when they were first introduced as life-saving tools in human medicine. Despite such concerns, the importance of these tools for public and animal health have...more
As reported in the Washington Post on June 19, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a “multistate investigation after imported rescue dog tests positive for rabies variant twice eradicated in...more
In Washington: On April 13, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and Federal Drug Administration (FDA) paused the production of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women participants in the U.S. developed...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) - Finalizing a document issued last year, on Nov. 9 the Food and Drug Administration issued “Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations—Eligibility...more
On November 2, 2020, the Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in New Jersey issued DCA Administrative Order No. 2020-20, ordering, "Veterinarians are authorized to provide the full scope of veterinary...more
As previously reported, the federal Health Dog Importation Act (“the Act”), introduced and sponsored by the three veterinarians in Congress Reps. Abraham, Yoho and Schrader, (Rep. Abraham is also a physician), targets and...more
The “next” pandemic in the USA is not a question of “if” but of “when.” Just as States scramble to win or shore up their victories against COVID-19, a second front appears. Can the USA win a two-front war with microbes?...more
We have heard conflicting reports about the potential spread of COVID-19 to and from people and animals, and between animals. Many government and industry officials have stated that there is no evidence that dogs and cats can...more
As State and Federal governmental agencies are dusting off their emergency response plans for highly contagious diseases, businesses of all kinds also need to plan (and not panic) to protect their employees and customers...more