Animal health
FILE - In this Thursday, April 2, 2020 file photo, a traveler wearing a hazmat suit tends to his dog in a carrier before boarding a plane at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo. U.S. health officials are planning to temporarily ban importation of dogs from more than 100 countries that are considered at high risk for rabies, planned to go into effect on July 14, 2021. Japan is not included in the ban. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
US bans dogs brought in from 100 countries with rabies risk

By Mike Stobbe Jun. 14, 2021 03:07 PM EDT

Virus cases in team Lions due to play in SA tour opener

By Gerald Imray Jun. 11, 2021 06:53 AM EDT
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African rugby canceled Friday a PRO14 game after a coronavirus outbreak in the team the British and Irish Lions are due to...

FILE - In this Tuesday Jan. 21, 2014, file photo, slaughtered chickens are displayed for sale at a wholesale poultry market in Shanghai. The Chinese government on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, says a 41-year-old man has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, but the risk of large-scale spread is low. (AP Photo, File)
China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first

Jun. 01, 2021 01:24 PM EDT

A mouse sits on top of hay stored by Bruce Barnes on his family's farm near Bogan Gate, Australia on May 20, 2021. Vast tracts of land in Australia's New South Wales state are being threatened by a mouse plague that the state government describes as "absolutely unprecedented." Just how many millions of rodents have infested the agricultural plains across the state is guesswork. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Plague of ravenous, destructive mice tormenting Australians

By Rod Mcguirk May. 27, 2021 11:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2019, file photo, Cola, 10-year-old female orangutan waits in a cage to be sent back to Indonesia at a Suvarnabhumi Airport in a collaborative effort to combat the illicit wildlife trade in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand is ramping up efforts to curb trade in wildlife to help reduce the risk of future pandemics, officials said Thursday, May 27, 2021, though it was unclear whether that would mean an end to all sales of exotic species in the wildlife trafficking hub. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Thailand aims at pandemic risks by fighting wildlife trade

By Elaine Kurtenbach May. 27, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

Bobby, a Labrador Retriever in training, sits front of a human sweat sample after detecting the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Veterinary Faculty of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, May 21, 2021. Thailand has deployed a canine virus detection squad to help provide a fast and effective way of identifying people with COVID-19 as the country faces a surge in cases, with clusters found in several crowded slum communities and large markets. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Sniffing Labrador retrievers join Thai coronavirus fight

By Tassanee Vejpongsa May. 21, 2021 10:12 AM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 21, 2021 following the virtual 'Global Health Summit'. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)
The Latest: Sri Lanka halts trains, buses to curb virus

By The Associated Press May. 21, 2021 12:56 AM EDT

Kyle Pfau, an oysterman with Fat Dog Shellfish Co., dumps out a tray of adult "Uglie" oysters from Maine onto a relocation area at Great Bay, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Durham, N.H. Thousands of Uglies from Maine, which were left to grow due to lack of retail demand of more than a year because of the virus outbreak, were relocated to Great Bay to enhance the shellfish species in New Hampshire coastal waters. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive

By Michael Casey May. 13, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

Veterinary technician supervisor Jean Lyons changes the bandages on a dog named Murphy, Monday, April 12, 2021, at Veterinary Specialty Hospital of Palm Beach Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Approximately 12.6 million U.S. households got a new pet last year after the pandemic was declared in March 2020, according to a COVID-19 Pulse Study by the American Pet Products Association. Meanwhile, fewer people relinquished their pets in 2020, so they needed ongoing care, experts said. Vets interviewed by The Associated Press have extended hours, hired additional staff and refused to take new patients, and they still can't keep up. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
COVID-19 pet boom has veterinarians backlogged, burned out

By Kelli Kennedy May. 12, 2021 01:11 AM EDT

Feds: Man used fraudulent PPP loan to buy alpaca farm

May. 04, 2021 11:57 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. April 24, 2021. Editorial: A National Heritage Area in rural Nebraska is an opportunity, not a threat ...

A funeral worker removes empty coffins that held remains that were later cremated, at La Recoleta cemetery in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Chile vets fined for giving dog vaccines against COVID-19

Apr. 21, 2021 02:13 PM EDT

Georgia Aquarium otters test positive for coronavirus

Apr. 19, 2021 01:27 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta says some of its otters tested positive for the coronavirus after they showed mild respiratory symptoms. ...

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2012, file photo a whitetail doe pauses for a moment while walking through the first snow of the winter near Smith Lake in Kila, Mont. Scientists have developed a new way to test live animals for chronic wasting disease, a fatal affliction that showed up in Montana in 2017. (Patrick Cote/The Daily Inter Lake via AP)
Chronic wasting disease test developed by scientists

By Brett French Apr. 17, 2021 10:10 AM EDT

WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals

Apr. 13, 2021 04:25 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured from the wild in food markets as an...

Baltimore Orioles' Trey Mancini tips his helmet as fans give him a standing ovation prior to batting against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 8, 2021, on Opening Day in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Mancini given standing ovation in home return from cancer

Apr. 08, 2021 08:16 PM EDT

Eagles turn stadium into vaccine site for autism community

By Rob Maaddi Apr. 02, 2021 06:03 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have a new coach, a new starting quarterback and new use for their stadium. The organization...

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 08:21 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ March 30 The Kingsport Times-News on smoking in...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, Siba, a standard poodle, competes for Best in Show during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York. America's top dogs won't have fans at this year's Westminster Kennel Club dog show. The club announced Monday, March 29, 2021, that spectators and vendors won't be allowed this year because of coronavirus limitations. It's the latest in a series of pandemic shakeups to the nation's most prestigious canine competition, which will be held June 12-13 and has moved from New York City's Hudson River piers and Madison Square Garden to an outdoor setting 25 miles north of Manhattan. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Westminster dog show won't have spectators due to virus

Mar. 29, 2021 07:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, Marion Koopmans, right, and Peter Ben Embarek of a World Health Organization team arrive for a joint press conference at the end of their mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely," according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals

By Jamey Keaten And Ken Moritsugu Mar. 29, 2021 01:13 AM EDT