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Flu Season is Here, But This Time for Cats

A cat wearing a medical mask

Update: Late on the afternoon of 12/22/16, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced one person, of more than 350 people screened, has been found with H7N2; this person is a veterinarian who had prolonged close exposure to respiratory secretions of sick cats at Animal Care Centers of NYC’s (ACC) Manhattan

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Fall Flu Season and Your Pets

comedic image of a cat with a face mask photoshopped over it's mouth

Fall is here, and with fall comes the flu. Every fall our physicians urge us to be vaccinated against the flu to protect our family members and ourselves from contracting or spreading this year’s flu virus. What about our pets? Why didn’t I start this post urging you to take your pet to the veterinarian

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