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From CDC to the classroom: Dr. Nickolas DeLuca joins Auburn’s Public and One Health Program

One throughline has defined Dr. Nickolas DeLuca’s career: public health doesn’t start with data or directives — it starts with people. From neighborhood engagement in metro Birmingham, Ala., during his graduate training to nearly three decades with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), DeLuca has worked to build solutions alongside those most affected.

Year-round threat: 2026 Pet Parasite Forecast shows rising tick risk

Auburn University parasitologist Dr. Kathryn Reif is well acquainted with ticks and the many misconceptions that can leave pets and their humans unprotected from a growing, year-round threat. For starters, ticks don’t disappear in the winter. Many species remain active as long as temperatures are above freezing. They’re also just as likely to show up in backyards as in forests or tall grass.

Researchers study swine immunity to unlock better flu vaccines

Since September 2025, more than 24 million Americans have come down with the flu. Most of those cases were caused by a highly mutated version of influenza A, the H3N2 K subclade, that showed up last summer, long after the strains of flu used to formulate this year’s flu shot were chosen.

Bachelor of Science in Public and One Health (B.S. PAOH)

Solving Global Health Problems Through One Health. The Public and One Health (PAOH) undergraduate degree program in the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine stands out as a unique public health program that utilizes One Health as its guiding principle.  This holistic approach prepares graduates of the program to proactively devise and implement solutions to […]

Auburn’s Southeastern Rehabilitation Center Suggests Rules for Raptor Rescue

It is a rite of the season as surely as March winds and April showers. When spring arrives, so does an increase in the number of raptors, or birds of prey, “rescued” by well meaning Good Samaritans. But do most really need rescuing at all, or are they better off being left where they are?