Veterinarians are playing a crucial role in efforts to try to stop the H5N1 outbreak, but that has put them in a sometimes difficult position.
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As bird flu spreads among U.S. cattle, veterinarians find themselves in a familiar position: the frontlines Since the outbreak in cattle was discovered earlier this year, dairy veterinarians have been key to the response. They're testing cows. They're teaming with farmers and dairy workers to prevent additional infections, both bovine and human. They're using their on-the-ground experience to trace how the virus is transmitting. They're the ones, as Tera Barnhardt, a veterinarian in southwest Kansas, put it, "with shit on their boots." Read more. By Andrew Joseph |
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This AI chatbot was trained on drag queens, and it wants to help protect your sexual health The chatbot from AIDS Healthcare Foundation can dispense educational information about STIs in real time, but is also designed to manage appointments, deliver test results, and support patients, especially those vulnerable to infections like HIV but who are historically underserved. And as part of a provocative new patient engagement strategy, the foundation chose to deliver those services with the voice of a drag queen. Read more. By Mohana Ravindranath
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Opinion: President Biden needs a full medical evaluation. Voters deserve to know the results The public needs to be reassured, writes a physician and chronicler of presidential health, that despite being physically feeble, there isn't something medically wrong with President Biden to explain the mental lapses, rambling, mid-sentence stumbles, apparent loss of concentration, open-mouth gaping, and flat facial expression that viewers saw during the debate. Read more. By Lawrence K. Altman
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