Gail Hansen
@gailrhansendvm.bsky.social
Public health veterinarian/epi concentrating on AMR, One Health, and humane treatment of animals. And a theater lover.
Study of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients found no benefit from treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria.As ID docs have been saying for years. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Study of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients found no benefit from treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria.As ID docs have been saying for years. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herd in Nebraska. It's not over yet.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herd in Nebraska. It's not over yet.
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How I spent a productive Saturday afternoon in DC.
September 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
How I spent a productive Saturday afternoon in DC.
Senator Marshall is doing his best to make RFK Jr. sound rational and is misrepresenting data. The Senator should take some more of those Continuing Education courses available to him as a physician.
September 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Senator Marshall is doing his best to make RFK Jr. sound rational and is misrepresenting data. The Senator should take some more of those Continuing Education courses available to him as a physician.
The pork industry is likely spending more money to fight California's Prop 12 to provide humane care for pigs than it would cost farmers to make the needed changes.
September 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The pork industry is likely spending more money to fight California's Prop 12 to provide humane care for pigs than it would cost farmers to make the needed changes.
All of these are big news.
August 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
All of these are big news.
Never thought of a subway sandwich as a lethal weapon. Stabbing a police officer with metal fence stake or a flagpole (as was done Jan. 6, 2021) is apparently grounds for a pardon, though.
August 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Never thought of a subway sandwich as a lethal weapon. Stabbing a police officer with metal fence stake or a flagpole (as was done Jan. 6, 2021) is apparently grounds for a pardon, though.
Not my usual habitat but 1500 demonstrators and many “drive-by” supporters in Idaho Falls for No Kings.
June 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Not my usual habitat but 1500 demonstrators and many “drive-by” supporters in Idaho Falls for No Kings.
Dr. John Baxter Taylor Jr. The first black veterinary graduate at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a member of America’s gold-medal-winning 1600-meter relay team in the 1908 London Olympics and the first Black American to win an Olympic gold medal.
February 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dr. John Baxter Taylor Jr. The first black veterinary graduate at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a member of America’s gold-medal-winning 1600-meter relay team in the 1908 London Olympics and the first Black American to win an Olympic gold medal.
In honor of Black History month: In 1949 Dr. Alfreda Johnson Webb and Dr. Jane Hinton (as in Mueller-Hinton agar) became the first black female veterinarians in the US.
February 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In honor of Black History month: In 1949 Dr. Alfreda Johnson Webb and Dr. Jane Hinton (as in Mueller-Hinton agar) became the first black female veterinarians in the US.
Dr Vivek Murthy (US Surgeon General in the Biden administration) gives a parting prescription for America: "choose community.”.
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January 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Dr Vivek Murthy (US Surgeon General in the Biden administration) gives a parting prescription for America: "choose community.”.
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Increased line speeds for poultry are harmful to workers, according to USDA reports. www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/... Not a surprise, but what will be done with that information?
January 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Increased line speeds for poultry are harmful to workers, according to USDA reports. www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/... Not a surprise, but what will be done with that information?
A reminder that today is World AIDS Day.
December 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
A reminder that today is World AIDS Day.
Congratulations to Aaron Hamburger for winning the 2024 Bridge Book Award in American fiction for his novel "Hotel Cuba".
November 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Congratulations to Aaron Hamburger for winning the 2024 Bridge Book Award in American fiction for his novel "Hotel Cuba".
My mood today. After feeling powerless.
November 11, 2024 at 10:59 PM
My mood today. After feeling powerless.