2026 Integrative Medicine Virtual CE Weekend January 24-25, 2026
The 2026 Integrative Medicine Virtual CE Weekend will be held January 24-25, 2026 on Integrative Approaches to Tick-Borne Diseases. It will be live on Zoom and you will earn 12 CE Credits. Elevate your clinical skills this January with a focused weekend of evidence-based integrative medicine. The 2026 Integrative Medicine Virtual CE Weekend brings together leading experts in nutrition, botanical medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine to tackle one of the most challenging areas in small-animal practice: tick-borne diseases. Across two days, you’ll explore practical, multimodal strategies to better diagnose, manage, and treat Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and other co-infections. Sessions cover everything from immune-supportive nutrition and herbal therapeutics to TCM frameworks that help you understand and treat complex, chronic cases. This program is ideal for veterinarians looking to expand their toolbox and gain clinically applicable skills that enhance patient outcomes—without leaving home. Earn 12 hours of high-quality CE, connect with colleagues across New York and beyond, and walk away with new approaches you can put into practice immediately. Strengthen your integrative practice. Improve outcomes for your tick-borne disease patients. Join us live online January 24–25, 2026. Register now at: https://members.nysvms.org/events/2026imseminar.
Early exposure curbed allergies in Icelandic horses
Horses exposed early in life to an allergen were less likely to react when exposed again later in life, according to a new study of Icelandic horses at Cornell that has implications for human allergies. Horses that were exposed at birth to a midge that can cause an extreme skin allergy never succumbed to the condition, while 62.5% of horses that were first introduced to the midges in adulthood developed an itchy eczema-like reaction, the 13-year study found.
Cornell’s Employee Excellence Awards go global
For the first time, the President’s Awards for Employee Excellence united Cornell employees across time zones and continents, as staff gathered in the Statler Ballroom and tuned in from New York City and Qatar to celebrate the achievements and contributions of their colleagues. More than 75 employees were honored in this year’s ceremony on Dec. 3, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. This year also marked the first time nominations were open to all three campuses.
Board chair updates AVMA progress on advancing veterinary technicians, AI
Whether its responsible integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into practice operations, advocating for veterinary access to xylazine, or opposing creation of a midlevel practitioner (MLP), the AVMA remains focused on issues that matter to its members and the future of the veterinary profession. In the following interview, Dr. Sandy Willis, AVMA Board of Directors (BOD) chair, discusses the strategic initiatives, advocacy priorities, and programs underway at the AVMA to make those priorities a reality. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
UK watchdog proposes major changes in veterinary services market
The United Kingdom’s top competition regulator and consumer-protection watchdog is calling for sweeping changes across the country’s veterinary services market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the “Veterinary Services for Household Pets Market Investigation Provisional Decision Report,” in October. The report includes a package of 21 proposed reforms that would overhaul pricing, information access, regulatory oversight, and the way veterinary businesses operate.
Frozen dog food voluntarily recalled following complaints of plastic contamination
DVM360
Fromm Family Foods has voluntarily recalled 300 cases of its Bonnihill Farms BeefiBowls Beef Recipe gently cooked frozen dog food amid concerns that the frozen dog food may be contaminated with plastic, the company said in an announcement shared by the FDA last week. The recall was announced after Fromm received complaints of plastic contamination from consumers.
Horse care goes high-tech
The Horse
The best jockeys know a great racehorse when they gallop him. They feel it in their hands, their feet, their knees. Veterinarians and researchers have long sought to capture that same kind of insight—and today technology is beginning to make it possible, not just for racehorses but for sport and pleasure horses, too.
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