The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded over $111,000 to the nonprofit LifeStock International to…

After months of collaborative work by the AVMA, other stakeholder organizations, and congressional offices, the Rural Veterinary Workforce Act,…

Legislation that would help increase rural access to veterinary care has been reintroduced in Congress. The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act would help…

The veterinary profession is searching for workforce solutions to ensure that our practices are able to care for patients now and long into the…

Nearly a dozen newly proposed veterinary colleges have been announced in the past two years, which represents a sizeable potential increase to the…

The veterinary profession is searching for workforce solutions to ensure that our practices are able to care for patients now and long into the…

California Assembly Bill 1399 passed the California Senate Appropriations Committee on September 1. The bill would allow a…

A federal district court has again upheld provisions of a Texas veterinary practice act mandating that a veterinary-client-patient relationship (VCPR)…

Melody Martinez presented the session, “The Practice Manager’s Guide to Hiring for Equity and Inclusion” on July 18 at AVMA Convention in Denver.…

The state-of-the-art National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, based in the nation’s heartland, is arguably the most advanced animal agriculture…

The U.S. Senate has established a Veterinary Medicine Caucus for the first time in its history.

Broadening nonveterinarians' scope of practice would compromise the quality of veterinary care, thus threatening animal and public health, according…

The AVMA House of Delegates adopted a handful of revised animal welfare policies, including one on “Canine Devocalization” that supersedes the…

The National Association of Federal Veterinarians (NAFV) introduced the resolution “New Policy on Recruiting and Retaining Public Practice…

Dr. Jim Weisman is a 1997 Purdue University graduate, is a small animal veterinarian and Purdue University faculty member and administrator.

The executive director of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) briefed the AVMA House of Delegates…

As part of her address to the AVMA House of Delegates on July 14, 2023-24 AVMA President Dr. Rena Carlson encouraged her colleagues to think about the…

The American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) has changed its name to the American Veterinary One Health Society (AVOHS). The association…

Dr. Rena Carlson of Idaho is the AVMA's new president for the 2023-2024 Association year. Dr. Sandra Faeh of Illinois is the president-elect.

As AVMA President, Dr. Lori Teller delivered a presentation and participated in a panel on July 13 on the topics of the veterinary workforce, proposed…

Meeting this July in Denver, the AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) will consider new and revised policy proposals dealing with wolf hybrids, tail docking,…

In 2022, the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) awarded nearly $9 million to 89 veterinarians in exchange for working in U.S.…

The Veterinary Hospital Managers Association (VHMA) developed a new Organizational Diagnosis and Design (OrgDD) Toolkit to help practice leaders solve…

Interested in recruitment that will help your organization find the best possible job candidate, giving all applicants equal opportunity? A new…

Dr. Robert Murtaugh is one of three candidates running for 2023-24 AVMA president-elect. The AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) will decide who will fill…