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Ultraviolet (UV) light may be an option for treating contaminated private well water that could be causing significant gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses in children. 

A research team led by Ontario Veterinary College professor Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos aimed to learn how the public perceives pandemic messaging and whether the quality of those messages reflects crisis communication best practices.  

When bacteria reproduce, they typically make an identical clone of themselves that have the same traits as the original. But sometimes, they exchange genes with neighbouring bacteria to produce new, potentially harmful strains – and that process makes the whole phenomenon a One Health matter. 

Dr. Mauricio Seguel, a professor in the Department of Pathobiology, studies how wildlife immune systems develop, especially early and late in life when the immune system is more sensitive to disease.