Although studies in Europe and Asia have explored the role of rodent pests in zoonotic disease outbreaks, comparatively little research has investigated the rodent-agricultural interface in the United States.
A look back on the recent sabbatical of VBS Professor Tim Johnson, who spent one year on pursuing the field of applied poultry research at Cargill Health Technologies.
The Centers for Disease Control calls antibiotic (or antimicrobial) resistance “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” responsible for 2.5 million infections and more than 35,000 human deaths in the U.S. each year.
VBS Professor Yinduo Ji and his research team analyze Staphylococcus aureus, which is a critical human pathogen that can often cause skin and soft tissue infections and sometimes leads to serious systematic infections.
Recent studies have shown something called epiphyseal cartilage necrosis—lesions caused by lack of blood flow to joints—is the radiographically invisible precursor to juvenile osteochondritis dissecans.
The challenge arises from the unpredictability of swine influenza infections becoming zoonotic and, in some instances, turning into a human pandemic like the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak.
VBS Faculty and Staff share photos of colorful fall foilage on campus and around Twin Cities to stress the importance of getting outside, which benefits mental health.
About 250,000 Americans require a hip replacement each year, 10 percent of which are caused by a hip disorder that can affect children or adults called osteonecrosis of the femoral head.
