1 Ringworm often spreads by direct, skin-to-skin contact with an infected person. 2  Animal to human. 3  You can contract ringworm by touching an animal with ringworm. 4  Ringworm can spread while petting or grooming dogs or cats. 5  It's also fairly common in cows.
Joel Silberman Partner, Democracy Partners. Joel Silberman is the media strategy/media training partner at Democracy Partners, a political consulting firm whose mission is building the progressive movement, where his clients have included Senators, Congressman, and national media personalities.
Michael L. Smitherman, M.D. Dr. Smitherman was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He developed an interest in medicine and rheumatology at an early age when his grandmother was diagnosed with a rheumatoid arthritis and scleroderma overlap syndrome. He attended the University of Alabama School of Medicine, graduating in 1995.