Researchers summarize key insights from the world’s first comprehensive investigation into how a pandemic started.

U of A researcher Kristian Forbes has joined the ZOOSURY project with the University of Helsinki to grow a better understanding of how bats transmit diseases to humans in Africa.

Officials say the deaths of 72 tigers at two tourist parks in northern Thailand are a result of canine distemper and not bird ...

From routine infections to emerging health threats, being prepared matters. Dr Lennie Derde, newly appointed CEO of the Ecraid medical research network, explains how European collaboration and EU ...

We explored rodent-borne hantavirus. We explain how to reduce the risk, and reveal that many Americans are unaware of the danger.

Vaccines have traditionally worked by teaching the immune system to recognize a specific virus or bacterium—in effect, ...

HealthDay News — As new infectious threats emerge worldwide, a key US health agency is quietly stepping away from language tied to pandemic planning, a change some experts warn could leave Americans ...

This is the story of a quiet catastrophe - one that spread unnoticed until it was far too late. A single frog species, ...

Inside the new viral trend of "house burping" to air out your home in the style of the German practice of "lüften." ...

The government is set to adopt a "One Health Approach" to tackle health emergencies and pandemics, recognising that approximately 75% of emerging human infectious diseases are zoonotic — naturally ...

Lawmakers, animal welfare advocates, and shelters say outdated state laws and a post-pandemic surge in unfixed pets are fueling a growing animal overpopulation crisis across Oklahoma.

Spay and Neuter Awareness Month highlights the benefits of spaying and neutering cats and dogs, from reducing overpopulation ...