Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Not a minute too soon.
Yesterday, news broke about two kids in California contracting swine flu.
Today, ACP's Board of Governors voted for more collaboration between human and veterinary medicine, in order to prevent disease transmission across species.
Are they on the ball or what?
(Ok, so the measure was originally inspired by West Nile virus, which was recognized by vets in animals before anyone noticed it in humans. Still.)
Specifically, the Governors' measure supports cross-species disease surveillance, and joint efforts to develop new diagnostic methods, medicines and vaccines to prevent and control the diseases.
I, for one, am comforted by the fact that this may prevent any of us from ever knowing what hippopotamus flu feels like.
Labels: H1N1, internal medicine 2009, West Nile
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