Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from chimpanzees. And many experts ...

A biosensor network that can detect airborne viral particles could be put in place on animal farms and livestock markets. With appropriate analysis of the data from these internet-of-things (IoT) ...

While effective vaccines for COVID-19 should have heralded the benefits of mRNA vaccines, fear and misinformation about their supposed dangers circulated at the same time. These misconceptions about ...

Fungal pathogens represent a significant and often under-recognised challenge to animal health, affecting a broad spectrum of hosts from livestock and companion animals to wildlife and aquatic species ...

World Zoonoses Day highlights the urgent need for surveillance, prevention, and One Health to prevent the next pandemic.

Live animal markets and the illegal sale of wildlife pose particular dangers, but any sale of wild animals or animal products poses spillover risks, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The global ...

From COVID-19 to monkey pox, Mers, Ebola, avian flu, Zika and HIV, diseases transmitted from animals to humans have multiplied in recent years, raising fears of new pandemics. A zoonosis (plural ...

Disease epidemics transmitted from animals to humans could kill at least 12 times more people in 2050 than they did in 2020, according to a recently published study. These zoonotic diseases are known ...

This form of immunity is non discriminatory; it is not directed against specific pathogens, but just about anything that enters the body that is foreign. Vertebrates have another more sophisticated ...

Some of the wild animals people most fear as rabies carriers turn out to be surprisingly low risk, while a few common ...