VBS news archive

Marissa Milstein, PhD student recently travelled to Guyana to investigate how the indigenous Waiwai people in the Konashen Community Owned Conservation Area used a mixed-methods approach to reduce zoonotic disease transmission from wildlife to their dogs.

VBS Associate Professor Matt Aliota discusses finding successful treatment of monkeypox based on the success of its predessesor-Smallpox

After 23 years working as a gross anatomy teacher, researcher, and advocate for the veterinary curriculum and instruction in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine, VBS Associate Professor Christina Clarkson retires June 1.

Funding was recently awarded to the University of Minnesota by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to establish the Midwest Antiviral Drug Discovery (AViDD) Center, to develop antiviral drugs for pandemic-level viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 co-led by VBS Endowed Professor Fang Li  and Reuben Harris (U of TX, San Antonio).

Innate immunity is the first line of defense in people and animals against invading pathogens, and can be triggered by the a

The worldwide Pandemic known as COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus) has consumed the media, our government, and has changed our day-to-day liv

VBS Researchers are highlighted for their poster submissions and awards at the annual CVM Research Day 2022 on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

VBS Professor and Pomeroy Chair Carol Cardona discusses the emergence of avian influenza and how it may impact Minnesota's commercial turkey farms.

VBS Assistant Professor Roxanne Larsen mobilized a new anaomy lab experience partnered with the CVM and other UMN medical experts to provide a workshop to pair annualy with the SAVMA symposium.

VBS Assistant Professor Matt Aliota discusses the evolution of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic and how Omicron may cause some degree of population immunity.