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Protecting pet hospice
Pet hospice is increasingly an option for people wanting a dignified death for a terminally ill companion animal.
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Pets covered under auto insurance policy
Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, an auto insurer based in Mayfield Village, Ohio, recently announced its collision
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AVMA GHLIT switches PPO network
The AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust switched its preferred provider organization network to Aetna Signature Administrators, effective Dec.…
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Board enhances AVMA visibility
Traveling exhibit, transparency policy, release of data top recommendations
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Prevalence of diabetes continues to grow
The AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust is feeling the financial impact of diabetes
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Call issued for nominations to AVMA entities
Nominations are invited for 72 vacancies on AVMA entities and 10 liaison
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Surviving a flood
It was about 4 p.m. on a Sunday in May when Dr. Jack D. Gochenour received a phone call from his son saying, "Dad, the water's coming. You need to get…
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Research training programs open to veterinary students
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization, has opened its two research training programs
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Dealing with back injuries
Decades of working with large animals have taken their toll on the back of
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Affiliated groups meet in D.C.
Forty allied or other veterinary-related organizations and several alumni groups from universities and colleges convened this year
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Pet insurance company donates $1 million to MAF campaign
Pets Best Insurance has pledged $1 million to the Morris Animal Foundation's Canine Cancer Campaign.
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USDA initiates cost-benefit analysis of animal identification system
The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has selected Kansas State University to lead a
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Unmasking silent killers
Prostate and ovarian cancers will claim the lives of an estimated 42,000 men and women in the United States this year.
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NCVEI chief executive steps down
The NCVEI has been one of the greatest challenges and most rewarding experiences of my career," said Howard Rubin
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Waging war on obesity
Obesity is an American epidemic that has stubbornly resisted efforts to rein it in.
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Donlin and Simmons depart AVMA
Dr. Janet D. Donlin resigned as AVMA assistant executive vice president, effective Aug. 1,
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Some veterinarians questioned about National Provider Identifier status
Veterinarians are not required to obtain a National Provider Identifier, a unique identification number for certain health care
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After more than two decades, Little says farewell
August 8 marks the end of an era at the AVMA. After 22 years with the Association, more than half of them as the chief administrative officer, Dr.…
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Consumer-driven health care aids self-employed and small business owners
Consumer-driven health care is a phrase that's heard more and more often in the discussion of health care in America, and a concept of great…
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Adulterated pet food could lead to loss-of-companionship suits in N.J.
The New Jersey legislature is considering legislation granting owners of pets harmed by contaminated pet food the right to sue for the loss of…
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Board approves recommendations with teeth
The AVMA Executive Board signed on to a project with The Blue Dog Trust to instruct the most common victims—young
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AVMA GHLIT offers health screenings at AVMA convention
The AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust will continue its longstanding tradition of offering health screenings to AVMA members and spouses at…
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Board appoints representatives to committees, liaisons
The Executive Board named the following individuals to the entities indicated, representing the designated areas.