November 27, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 11/ 22 to 11/27
This week: A dog’s lick turns deadly, cruelty to animals is now a federal crime, and mixed news from the AVMA Economic Summit.
November 27, 2019
This week: A dog’s lick turns deadly, cruelty to animals is now a federal crime, and mixed news from the AVMA Economic Summit.
December 04, 2019
This week: A proposed law would require veterinarians in Florida to report suspected animal abuse, beleaguered dog-walking app Wag under fire again, and the sad passing of a popular pet influencer.
December 11, 2019
This week: A congressman’s pet rabbit flies at taxpayer expense, Smucker recalls some cat food, and a big, red dog gets a reboot.
December 18, 2019
With 30 people in 13 states reported ill, a new outbreak of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter jejuni linked to puppies sold in pet stores is underway.
January 02, 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a MedWatch Safety Alert for one lot of mirtazapine 7.5 mg tablets.
January 02, 2020
If you have “get pet health certificate” on your mid-winter Mexican getaway to-do list, you can cross it off.
April 25, 2019
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has too much time on its hands. At least, that’s how it might seem to some veterinary professionals as the DEA shifts some of its focus from high-profile efforts to battle the opioid crisis to scrutinizing compliance at veterinary hospitals.
April 18, 2019
Recently, several hospitals in the West have been unsure about whether AAHA Controlled Substance Logs were in recordkeeping compliance with both DEA and state regulations. So AAHA put the question to the experts: Jack Teitelman, retired Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) supervisory agent and chief executive officer of DEA compliance experts Titan Group. Teitelman and his colleagues looked into the matter. Their answer:
October 27, 2017
Scholarship students at Penn Vet are breathing easier this week.Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to pass a series of bills already passed by the State Senate that would approve $600 million in state funding to half a dozen universities, including $30 million earmarked for Penn Vet, the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 30, 2015
In this era of digital everything, dispensing veterinary advice online may be considered the wave of the future, but not any time soon according to a recent ruling. Today, in a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Ronald Hines, DVM, a Texas veterinarian who had been dispensing online veterinary advice until he was stopped by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners (TBVME), according to the Los Angeles Times.