Animals, as cute as some of them may be, can be a source of illness for humans. These so-called zoonotic diseases can originate from bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. In fact, most infectious ...

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 ...

Chronic wasting disease, a fatal disease affecting animals with hooves, has now been discovered in the Scofield area of ...

Zoonoses are diseases and infections including viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi that are transmitted between animals and people. Innumerable case reports and epidemiologic studies have ...

Production animal disease outbreaks are not only animal health events but threats to economic stability and food security. A new report from The Farm Journal Foundation, The Mean Sixteen: Biosecurity ...

Human and animal health are closely linked, with many diseases shared between them. As our world becomes more developed and interconnected, the proximity between wild animals and humans is shrinking, ...

The significant increase in demand for animal-sourced foods in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has resulted in the rise of animal diseases, which could pose severe economic and public health threats. These ...

Health officials in Alaska recently reported the first known human death from a virus called Alaskapox. The man, who died in January, lived in a wooded area and cared for a stray cat that hunted small ...

Utah wildlife officials fear that a transmissible disease that affects the nervous system of big game like deer, elk and ...

We sometimes need to take precautions when interacting with animals. However, some animals can carry diseases known as zoonotic diseases, which can spread from animals to people in different ways, ...