Walmart adds veterinary telehealth visits to Walmart+ paid membership benefits
Walmart is partnering with veterinary telehealth company Pawp for its latest benefit to subscribers of its Walmart+ paid membership.
Walmart+ members, who pay a minimum of $99 a year to subscribe, will have access to Pawp ’s pet telehealth services for a year, CNBC reported. A Pawp annual membership usually starts at $99.
Walmart+ subscribers will have until Nov. 19 to opt-in to the service.
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) already offers an omni-channel pet care hub that includes options for purchasing… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 24, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Anne Stych Source Type: news
Walmart Enters Pet Telehealth Space With Pawp Deal
Walmart is the latest player in the up-and-coming pet telehealth sector. The company has agreed to provide Walmart+ members a free year’s subscription to veterinary telehealth platform Pawp, according to published reports. The deal, expected to be officially announced Tuesday (May 23), comes as…#pawp #walmart #amazon #walmartweekend #blackfriday #paramount #americanexpress #pymnts #mitamalhotra #chewypharmacy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Walmart adds veterinary telehealth visits to Walmart+ paid membership benefits
Walmart is partnering with veterinary telehealth company Pawp for its latest benefit to subscribers of its Walmart+ paid membership.
Walmart+ members, who pay a minimum of $99 a year to subscribe, will have access to Pawp ’s pet telehealth services for a year, CNBC reported. A Pawp annual membership usually starts at $99.
Walmart+ subscribers will have until Nov. 19 to opt-in to the service.
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) already offers an omni-channel pet care hub that includes options for purchasing… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anne Stych Source Type: news
Inside the Emerging Xylazine Addiction Crisis in the U.S.
Devin Bair, a 42-year-old Pennsylvania resident, had used opioids on-and-off for years, but she never experienced anything like xylazine. She first took it without knowing two years ago when it infiltrated her dealer’s supply, and she unknowingly became addicted to it. Xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that isn’t meant for use in humans, is an increasingly common adulterant pervading the U.S. illicit drug supply, but little is known about its effects on the human body or how to treat the intense withdrawal symptoms it causes.
Xylazine has taken a stronghold in Philadelphia, a city at the forefront of addictio...
Source: TIME: Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anisha Kohli / Philadelphia Tags: Uncategorized Drugs General Assignment healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
U.S. Drug Overdoses Jumped Slightly Last Year. But Experts See Hopeful Signs
NEW ORLEANS — Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the numbers plateaued for most of last year. Experts aren’t sure whether that means the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history is finally reaching a peak, or whether it’ll look like previous plateaus that were followed by new surges in deaths.
“The fact that it does seem to be flattening out, at least at a national level, is encouraging,” said Katherine Keyes, a Columbia University epidemiology professor w...
Source: TIME: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized Drugs healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Health Care Hero: Nurse uses her expertise to assist veterinary clinic
Marissa Joseph, a trained nurse, is in her seventh year as a volunteer with the SICSA Pet Adoption and Wellness Center in Washington Township. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 17, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Dennis Bova Source Type: news
Arizona veterinary telemedicine bill signed into law amid staff shortages
At a time when Arizona is facing a shortage of veterinarians, Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed into law a bill that will allow veterinarians to use telemedicine to expand their practices. Here's what it means for pet owners and the industry. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 15, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: news
Bill to Study Xylazine Passes House, Advances in Senate
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Congress appears to be close to passing a bill requiring the federal government to study the effects of xylazine -- an opioid used in veterinary medicine and commonly known as "tranq" -- on the illicit drug... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - May 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
More than 50,000 wild birds in UK killed by avian flu – double previous estimates
H5N1 bird flu may lead to extinction of species as data revealed by Guardian shows worst losses in decadesAvian flu has killed more than twice the number of wild birds previously estimated in the UK, according to data collected by the Guardian, with numbers likely to escalate during this year ’s breeding season.The highlyinfectious variant of H5N1 has caused Europe ’s worst bird flu outbreak, resulting in themost significant and sudden loss of birds in decades. Conservationists are warning that it could mean theextinction of some seabird species, as breeding colonies have been particularly badly hit.Continue reading......
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston and Sophie Kevany Tags: Birds Bird flu Animals Environment Wildlife UK news Infectious diseases Veterinary medicine Veterinary science World news Conservation Northumberland Scotland Northern Ireland Wales RSPB Source Type: news
UC Davis opens $2.1 million veterinary emergency room/ICU
The newest project in the University of California Davis Veterinary Medical Center ’s $500 million, yearslong renovation is now open.
On Wednesday, the university celebrated the grand opening of its new emergency room and intensive care unit on its Davis campus.
At 1,611 square feet, the new space nearly doubles the square footage of the old ER and ICU. Since the old facili ty was built in 1970, and especially over the last decade, the number of cats and dogs who need emergency care has skyrocketed.… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news
New partnership will create and deliver agricultural and veterinary medicine programmes in Sharjah (UAE)
The University of Bristol and the Royal Agricultural University have signed an agreement with the University of AlDhaid, to deliver new education and research programmes in sustainable agriculture and veterinary medicine. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - May 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Announcements, Research, International; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Veterinary School; Press Release Source Type: news
Lyon College Projects $94M Economic Impact From LR Dental, Veterinary Schools
There will be 130 people directly employed as a result of the new schools and nearly 200 supported jobs created. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - May 3, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Animal injury characteristics following the 2020 ammonium nitrate explosion in the Port of Beirut - Mansour HA, Jawhary KE, Chaaban I, Hemadeh A, Tarek C, Yehia M, Hassan N, Hosri J, Mansour AM.
PURPOSE: To describe the characteristics and veterinary management of animal casualties after an ammonium nitrate explosion in the Port of Beirut. METHODS: Retrospective evaluation of medical records from multiple veterinary organizations. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Pet rabbits need freedom to exercise, study finds
Pet rabbits have higher levels of the stress hormone - corticosterone - and show activity rebound when kept in small hutches with restricted exercise, new research led by the University of Bristol Vet School has found. The research, funded by the RSPCA, highlights the importance that pairs of pet rabbits should have the freedom to exercise outside their home enclosure even when they are kept in hutches larger than the traditional size. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - April 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Veterinary School; Press Release Source Type: news
Champion of the gorillas: the vet fighting to save Uganda ’s great apes
Under the watchful and resourceful eye of award-winning conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda ’s threatened mountain gorilla population has made an impressive recovery – as has the local communityTheBwindi Impenetrable Forest is tucked away in a remote corner of southwest Uganda. Meaning “place of darkness” in the Runyakitara language, this dense, mist-swathed rainforest makes for a good hiding place for half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. The other half, which the American primatologistDian Fossey so famously befriended, live in Rwanda ’sVirunga national park.These majestic but shy creatu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Fleur Britten Tags: Conservation Animals Animal welfare Animal behaviour Biology Science Environment Uganda Source Type: news
