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One Health and Summer Time!

Don’t forget about One Health during the summer: Tips to survive!

by One Health Center of Excellence
May 4, 2023

Introduction: Summer is just around the corner, and with it comes longer days, warmer temperatures, and plenty of opportunities to engage in outdoor activities. However, the summer season also brings an increased risk of exposure to zoonotic ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Forests, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Alejandro Sanchez MDP, Circular Health, One Health, Summertime, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals, UF IFAS
Dengue fever in the summer (close up of a mosquito)

Mosquitoes and Dengue Fever: A Summer Love Story Nobody Wants to Be a Part Of!

by One Health Center of Excellence
April 20, 2023

Introduction Last week, we published a blog post talking about neglected tropical diseases, and we thought it would be appropriate to follow up with a closer look at one of these diseases that is now present in Florida. Dengue fever is a neglected ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Alejandro Sanchez MDP, Climate Change, Dengue Fever, IFAS One Health, Interdisciplinarity, One Health At UF, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Tropical Diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases

Neglected Tropical Diseases?

by One Health Center of Excellence
April 13, 2023

Picture this, you were finally able to save up for that amazing trip to the Caribbean and you're there. Sipping on a pina colada, laying on a hammock on your last day, and of course, scratching the bites of those pesky mosquitoes that seem to ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Alejandro Sanchez MDP, Circular Health, Climate Change, Covid-19, IFAS One Health, Interdisciplinarity, NTDs, Sustainable Development Goals

Uncovering the Secret Side of Public Health

by One Health Center of Excellence
December 15, 2022

The idiom “what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over” can, in a certain sense, be applied to public health. The not-for-profit organization Resolve to Save Lives recently released its second edition of “Epidemics ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Invasive Species, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease
Tags: Climate Change, Covid-19, Epidemics, Olga Munoz, Public Health
Anitmicrobial resistant petri dishes

Antimicrobial resistance, a key component of One Health

by One Health Center of Excellence
November 25, 2022

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent topics that needs to be addressed in the One Health field. At the end of anti-microbial awareness week 2022, I want to discuss how addressing this “wicked problem” requires a multi-pronged ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Water
Tags: Amr, Antimicrobial Resistance, Circular Health, Luca Mantegazza, One Health, One Health At UF

COP27 Special Edition – SDGs and One Health: Climate Action

by One Health Center of Excellence
November 15, 2022

Sustainable development goal 13 is “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts” or as it is shortened “climate action”1. Starting last Sunday (November 6) and until next Friday (November 18) delegates from different ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease
Tags: Climate Action, Climate Change, COP27, Interdisciplinarity, Olga Munoz, One Health, Sustainable Development Goals

Celebrating the One Health Day ’22

by One Health Center of Excellence
November 3, 2022

Today, November 3rd is One Health Day and its goal “is to build the cultural will necessary for a sea change in how planetary health challenges are assessed and addressed and how professionals exchange information across disciplines.”[1] ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: IFAS One Health, Ilaria Capua, Luca Mantegazza, One Health, One Health Day 2022, Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals and One Health

Sustainable Development Goals and One Health

by One Health Center of Excellence
September 15, 2022

If you work on topics related to science, technology, or academia, you have probably heard (or know a lot) about the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, if you do not know much about it, let's ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Circular Health, Covid-19, One Health, One Health At UF, Sustainable Development Goals

Sea turtles and tumors: Our researcher, Costanza Manes tells you everything about it here

by One Health Center of Excellence
May 24, 2022

I am very pleased to write this blog post as it feels like a coronation, but also as a follow-up to a previous one. If you have followed our blog, you might remember a post, back from September 30th, 2019, titled "How Sea Turtles Sparked ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
Tags: Climate Change, IFAS One Health, One Health, Sea Turtles

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