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Since June is Adopt a Cat Month, I normally write my four weekly blogposts in June specifically about cats. Today, I am breaking that tradition because of an important disease affecting both cats and dogs that has recently appeared in the United States: the new world screwworm (NWS). For many months, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been warning Americans about the new world screwworm. This parasitic fly is in Central and South America, but recent cases have been moving north. Government officials have been predicting the arrival of the new world screwworm in the United States, and on June 3, 2026, it was identified in a calf in Texas for the first time in 60 years. Please note: New World Screwworm’s arrive in the United States is an evolving situation. For the latest information and updates, please visit the USDA’s website.

A recent article in National Geographic profiles Buddy, the first dog in the United States to be diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, who passed away from lymphoma on July 11. As a

Memorial Day has passed, school will soon end, and then comes the annual family summer vacation–an event which now more than ever before includes the family pet. Because pets are

International travel with pets is a complicated affair. Each country has its own set of rules about vaccinations, blood tests, deworming and microchipping. For island countries free of rabies, an