Medical terminology can seem deliberately baffling, as if set up as a code that can only be deciphered by those with medical training. Yet when the words are explained in plain English, there's rarely ...

When avian influenza swept through American dairy herds last year, laboratories across the country raced to test milk samples — a specimen type they had never analyzed for the virus before. The ...

The first time a veterinary technician deciphers a chart filled with abbreviations like *"Dx: FIV/FeLV"* or *"Tx: IV fluids @ 10ml/kg/hr"*, the stakes are clear: miscommunication risks lives.