U.S. One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization (OHZDP) Workshop - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)

Roseau, Dominica, 18 May 2026 (PAHO/WHO) - A two-day workshop aimed at developing a nationally agreed and prioritized list of zoonotic diseases in Dominica was held at Jungle Bay Resort from 14-15 May 2026. Led by the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, with support from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Bank under the Pandemic Fund Project for the Eastern Caribbean, the initiative brought together more than 20 participants from the Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Environment, the Bureau of Standards, academia, and other key stakeholders. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Frederique Dorleans, PAHO Advisor for Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, and Ms. Tania de Getrouwe Hoost, Livestock Development Officer and FAO Lead Technical Officer. Sessions covered key topics related to zoonotic diseases, including the One Health approach and methods for prioritizing diseases of public health importance.

Infectious disease experts say Canada’s flu season started about seven weeks earlier than usual this year, but with proper interventions, there is no need to sound the alarm bells just yet. According to data from Health Canada, 6.1 per cent of tests detected influenza in the week ending Oct. 17. For the same week in 2025, 0.8 per cent of tests came back positive. Health Canada defines the epidemic threshold at five per cent, a mark Canada didn’t surpass until mid-November last year. “It’s still within the range of not being unusual, but it absolutely started earlier,” Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist at the University Health Network in Toronto, told Global News. Bogoch said it is difficult to know exactly why flu season started earlier this year but noted that Australia’s flu season ended later than usual. Story continues below advertisement

At 14 years old, Jack the corgi is struggling with aging. His back legs are wavering, spine is sagging, discs are bulging, and he has trouble standing. To address these challenges and improve his quality of life, Jack’s caregiver turned to veterinary acupuncture. Positive results followed, she told This Morning, a British talk show, “He walks a lot easier. When he’s had this, he goes home and lays down, and he just rolls upside down, legs akimbo; it’s more a relaxed sleep… He even actually plays with his toys a bit more.” These effects dovetail with many seen in other animals undergoing acupuncture—and those results are helping drive the practice into the mainstream.