Of the more than 30 veterinary schools in the US and Canada, only 1 is located on the campus of a historically black college or university. And that single veterinary school has graduated more than 70% of the African-American veterinarians in the US. 

This week: COVID-sniffing dogs to work NBA games, Arkansas house cat tests positive for COVID, and the toll climbs higher in the Sportmix pet food aflatoxin recall. 

Anthropologists at Washington State University found that dogs’ relationships with women might have had a greater impact on the development of the dog-human bond than their relationships with men.

This week: An airline bans emotional-support animals, COVID-sniffing dogs are headed for Tallahassee, and a new study unlocks the secrets of catnip.

For most of your AAHA colleagues, the answer is “No.” But for some, it’s “Yes.” The rollout’s still a mess, but there are bright spots.

This week: A new veterinary school is coming in the fall, a new Purdue scholarship promotes DE&I, and the top obesity-related pet insurance claims.

We know humans can give SARS-CoV-2 to animals. But can animals give it to humans? According to Dutch researchers, the answer is . . . yes.

Viruses mutate, and multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID are currently circulating. Should you be worried?  

It looks a little like a Yorkie, but its name sounds like “beaver.” And as a newly recognized American Kennel Club breed, the Biewer terrier is likely to be making an appearance in your practice, if one hasn’t already.

When people first started worrying about what species besides humans could catch COVID, ferrets weren’t top of mind for most—except for a group of scientists in Colorado working feverishly to save a species nobody was even sure was at risk: the black-footed ferret.