Google’s parent company Alphabet has attracted some attention recently base on its request to release up to 32 million mosquitoes in Florida and California. No, it’s not part of a master plan to annoy people or spread disease. Believe it or not, it’s actually an effective method to reduce mosquitoes and the risk of…

I wasn’t very quick to write about this because while some incidents of contamination of raw pet food prompt recalls, such contamination is a largely expected event that occurs every day under the radar.

This was also another example of a company ignoring an FDA request to recall raw pet foods in response to…

I’ve seen quite a bit of “can your dog or cat get hantavirus?” discussion in media lately, in follow up to the recent cluster of human hantavirus cases associated with a South Atlantic cruise ship. Fortunately, unlike past articles about many other emerging infectious diseases, these have mainly been pretty low key. They’ve highlighted…

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is a group of bacteria with resistance to powerful carbapenem antibiotics such as meropenem. They’re also usually resistant to various other antibiotics, which makes them a big concern because treatment options are very limited, and unfortunately the rate of CPE infections in people is increasing rapidly. To treat them, physicians typically need…

As H5N1 influenza continues to circulate in wild birds, and spillover into a wide range of other birds and mammals, it’s difficult to find the right messaging with regard to the risk of transmission to people.

• Historically, H5N1 influenza has had a reported mortality rate of 30-50% in people, but it been a lot lower

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“Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something.” ~Winne the Pooh

I don’t think the beloved wise sage of a bear was thinking about urine when he said that, but we can nonetheless heed the guidance of Winnie the Pooh when it comes to the management of subclinical bacteriuria. Here’s why:

Subclinical bacteriuria…