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Disease-Carrying Ticks, 'Kissing Bugs' Soar As Climate Changes

Disease-Carrying Ticks, 'Kissing Bugs' Soar As Climate Changes

Lynne Peeples  04. 4.2012
Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Darren Collins doesn't...
Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

Lynne Peeples  02.10.2012
Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. In early October...
Flu Pandemics May Be Linked To Weather Patterns, Researchers Say

Flu Pandemics May Be Linked To Weather Patterns, Researchers Say

Lynne Peeples  01.17.2012
A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests....
Still Deadly After Death: 'Bushmeat' Trade May Import Disease

Still Deadly After Death: 'Bushmeat' Trade May Import Disease

Lynne Peeples  01.11.2012
Thousands of pounds of primate parts, rodents and other dry, smoked or raw animals -- so-called "bushmeat" -- are smuggled into the United...
Exotic Dangers: Could The Global Pet Trade Import The Next Pandemic?

Exotic Dangers: Could The Global Pet Trade Import The Next Pandemic?

Lynne Peeples  12.17.2011
Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Dr. Anthony Pilny...
Dangerously Unaware: Americans Lack Knowledge About Source Of Global Pandemics

Dangerously Unaware: Americans Lack Knowledge About Source Of Global Pandemics

Lynne Peeples  12.14.2011
Two out of every three Americans worry about the potential for a global disease outbreak. (Thank you, "Contagion.") Yet, alongside this...
Don't Let The Poop Dry: Why You Should Scoop Fido's Feces While It's Still Fresh

Don't Let The Poop Dry: Why You Should Scoop Fido's Feces While It's Still Fresh

Lynne Peeples  12. 9.2011
Once a week, Dwight Farias-Rios visits Max's yard to clean up after him. The owner of Call of Doodie, a pet waste removal service in New...
Do You Know Where Your Turkey's Been?

Do You Know Where Your Turkey's Been?

Lynne Peeples  11.23.2011
As families across America adorn their dinner tables with plump, juicy turkeys this Thursday, they've likely given little thought to what...
Man vs. Malaria: Chemicals, Conservation And An Ancient Arms Race

Man vs. Malaria: Chemicals, Conservation And An Ancient Arms Race

Lynne Peeples  11.16.2011
Part of a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. One steamy evening...
Blowin' In The Wind: Researchers Find Surprising Clue To Origin Of Kawasaki Disease

Blowin' In The Wind: Researchers Find Surprising Clue To Origin Of Kawasaki Disease

Lynne Peeples  11.10.2011
Part of a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Dr. Jane C. Burns...
Produce Problems: How Pigs, Pollution And Other People Taint Our Fruits And Veggies

Produce Problems: How Pigs, Pollution And Other People Taint Our Fruits And Veggies

Lynne Peeples  10.26.2011
The second in a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Ashley Armstrong's...
'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases

'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases

Lynne Peeples  09.30.2011
The first in a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Bronx Zoo...
Introducing 'The Infection Loop': A New Column Connecting Humans, Animals, And The Environment

Introducing 'The Infection Loop': A New Column Connecting Humans, Animals, And The Environment

09.30.2011
I'm excited to announce the launch of HuffPost reporter Lynne Peeples' series, The Infection Loop, which, along the lines of the growing...
Superbugs Are Still Winning: Second Cargill Recall Underscores Concern, GAO Report Suggests Feds Aren't Doing Enough

Superbugs Are Still Winning: Second Cargill Recall Underscores Concern, GAO Report Suggests Feds Aren't Doing Enough

Lynne Peeples  09.15.2011
Just days after Cargill announced its second major recall in the last two months of ground turkey linked to antibiotic-resistant salmonella,...
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