News wrap-up: This week’s headlines, plus White House targeted fentanyl mixed with xylazine as rising risk to United States

Cheerful Saturday dvm360® perusers! The first Directions in Veterinary Medicine symposium, which will be held in Arlington, Virginia, is officially one week away. Up to 16.5 continuing education credits can be earned by attending the two full days of educational content on critical care, emergency medicine, and emergency surgery. Today is the last day to sign up here.

While we get ready to make a beeline for Arlington, this was famous this week on dvm360.com:

• Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP, MBA, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, deemed fentanyl adulterated with Xylazine to be an emerging threat to the United States. Since it was established in 2018, this is the first time this designation has been used.

• Are you going with dvm360® to Arlington, Virginia? Find out what to expect at the first of three symposium stops next weekend for Direction in Veterinary Medicine!

• Isaiah Douglass, MBA, CFP, CEPA, and Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, discuss all things taxes on this week's episode of The Vet Blast Podcast to assist veterinary professionals with tax season.

• When it comes to canine lameness, it is frequently mistaken for arthritis. The following are 7 speculative contextual analyses to demonstrate the way that simple it very well may be to misdiagnose these patients.

• On this month’s installment of Toxin Tails, whilst traveling together along with his proprietor from California to Utah, Bobby the dog Helped himself to a drink from the windshield cleanser bucket sitting among the pumps at a fuel line station. He did this now no longer once, however twice, ensuing in methanol poisoning.