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No industry, including veterinary medicine, is immune to depression. But positive psychology, a scientific approach to happiness, may help to balance the blues with its direct opposite.  

“It looked like the sky was falling,” says Charles Hurty, DVM. He was talking about the skies over Newport, Oregon in September 2020, when out-of-control wildfires ravished the surrounding old growth forests and rained ash and grit over much of the Pacific Northwest. But he could have been talking about COVID-19. 

It’s time for the annual performance review. And although, as a practice manager, you may be tempted to check the box, “exceeded expectations” for simply surviving a global pandemic, that’s not helpful.   

Practice managers are known for being the ones other team members turn to for support—but who supports them? Introducing AAHA's new group for practice managers in the association’s online AAHA Community, a safe space  where practice managers at AAHA-accredited hospitals can support each other.

This week: A new cat virus discovered in Vancouver, snake-bit cats do better than snake-bit dogs, and scientists can now test dolphins and sea turtles for COVID-19.

Last week, pets held Congress hostage for three days, and all they did was be their adorable, dependable selves.

This week: Urban environments are bad for pets’—and owners’—allergies, a wild mink in Utah with COVID bodes ill for the future, and kangaroos can tell us what they want.

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

Veterinarians are seeing a rise in cases of cannabis poisoning in pets as the legalized use of marijuana for recreational purposes continues to spread.

As we kick off a new year, let’s take a look back at our top stories from 2021.