As we have done for the last several years, during the
summer months we review a couple books or blogs that we think are worth
reading....or at least thinking about reading.
Since I’m on vacation this week the topic of summer reading is relevant
and I’m doing just that; lounging in the sun, relaxing and catching up on some
books I've been meaning to dive into.
Admittedly, not all my reading is educational. I’m balancing my time between education and
complete and utter fluff. By utter
fluff, I mean books that I only read on my Kobo so that people cannot see what
drivel I am reading!
Here are a few of the blogs I have been checking out while
enjoying the sun:
One
Health Initiative:
One Health (formerly called One Medicine) is dedicated to improving the lives
of all species—human and animal—through the integration of human medicine,
veterinary medicine and environmental science. While they do not have a
blog, they do have quite a library of newsletters that cover quite a wide range
of topics and since the concept of One Health is something I intend to focus on
this year this is definitely my go to site.
Worms
& Germs Blog:
is an educational website coordinated by Drs. Scott Weese and Maureen Anderson
of the Ontario Veterinary College's Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Weese
speak at numerous conferences. As a
great speaker and researcher, there is a
plethora of information to be gleaned from this blog! Similar to Talk Clean To Me, Worms &
Germs will discuss published papers...who knew dog
licks could be fatal?
ZED
Blog:
ZED stands for Zoonotic & Emerging Diseases. Anyone who uses acronyms MUST be on my
reading list! ZED is a group that study
a wide range of epidemiological issues revolving around domestic livestock,
peri-domestic wildlife and humans, in particular the epidemiology of zoonotic
and emerging and re-emerging diseases.
Sounds like a pretty cool group to me!
ZED can be followed on Twitter @ZoonoticDisease.
Marler Blog:
Okay, this may be an odd one to add to a
list. Bill Marler, the author of this
blog is actually a personal injury and products liability attorney who
specializes in litigating foodborne illness cases. Mr. Marler spends
most of his time addressing food industry groups, fair associations, and public
health groups about foodborne illness litigation and issues surrounding
it. Being the litigator behind the famous Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak,
his blog has some pretty interesting readings
from a completely different perspective! Mr. Marler can be followed on Twitter
@bmarler.
I
hope you’ll take the opportunity to check these blogs out! Now I’m off to go back to basking in the sun
and reading a little more fluff!
Bugging Off!
Nicole
