Learn more about the diseases that live in certain animals and if they can be transferred to humans.

It’s no secret that feral hogs are not good news for the ecosystems of America. But now they present an additional threat. Two new and devastating diseases can potentially be spread by these hogs, and ...

Washington State University is testing animal diseases to stop the next human pandemic. Just like COVID-19 may have originated in an animal before spreading to human beings across the globe, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vaccines help protect farm animals from various diseases. dusanpetkovic/iStock via Getty Images Plus While effective vaccines for ...

Thought LeadersDr. Laurene TetardAssociate Chair & Associate ProfessorUniversity of Central Florida AZoNano speaks with Dr. Laurene Tetard from the University of Central Florida about her upcoming ...

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 ...

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 ...

Regardless of how the COVID-19 pandemic started, it's clear that deadly diseases can jump from animals to humans ‒ and a new report from Harvard Law School and New York University finds we're not ...

Finding the next deadly virus and preventing a rat, bat or monkey from spreading it to people should be the primary focus of the world’s efforts to stop the next pandemic, a group of international ...

While it’s understandable to focus on the diseases affecting humans, it’s important to study how our illnesses may affect animals. When infectious microbes repeatedly replicate in different animal ...