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News wrap-up: This week’s veterinary headlines, plus mourning a tragic loss
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Check out this week’s highlights.
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We remain dedicated to providing you with our latest coverage of the veterinary industry. To help jumpstart your weekend, here's a look at some of this week's top headlines.
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- In this video interview, dvm360’s® Chief Veterinary Officer Adam Christman, DVM, MBA,
talks with 3 veterinarians about the tragic loss of a fellow veterinarian and strategies to help prevent suicide in veterinary medicine. - dvm360® welcomed 55 veterinary students from around the world to our
Student Ambassador Program . University of Missouri alumnus Glenn Linnerson, DVM, and his wife, Nancy Linnerson, donated $11 million to the College of Veterinary Medicine to establish the Dr. Glenn R. and Nancy A. Linnerson Imaging Center to further comparative and translational medicine research at the university.- Dr. Quincy Hawley spoke with dvm360® about
his personal path to well-being. Watch his interview here. - In this latest episode of
The Vet Blast Podcast , Jacqueline Johnson, DVM joins Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, talks about her recently published children's book,The Doggy Doctor and The Upset Tummy .
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In a keynote address at the 2026 Fetch National Harbor Veterinary Conference, Jessica Pritchard, VMD, MS, DACVIM (SAIM), shared research showing that many owners decline vaccines because they do not think their pet needs them, and discussed ways veterinary teams can address those concerns.
Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT, FVTE, outlines key considerations for veterinary technicians during triage, from rapid patient assessment and prioritization to client communication and team coordination, in this interview from the Fetch National Harbor Veterinary Conference.
In a session at the 2026 Fetch National Harbor conference, Nathanael Oster, VMD, MBA, walked attendees through the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of the flea tapeworm in dogs and cats, including why cats are affected more often than dogs.
SNAP-P is a proposed high-impact program that would provide at least $4.4 billion in benefits to low-income pet owners at marginal cost to federal and state governments.
In a slideshow drawn from an onsite dvm360 interview at Fetch National Harbor, a veterinary oncologist and a veterinary social worker walk through how the role supports owners and staff across a pet's cancer diagnosis, treatment, and end-of-life care.
Here are this week's headlines
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