Chronic wasting disease, a fatal disease affecting animals with hooves, has now been discovered in the Scofield area of ...
Utah wildlife officials fear that a transmissible disease that affects the nervous system of big game like deer, elk and ...
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 ...
Unfortunately, the virus could have cascading effects that impact humans, too. According to Inside Climate News, scientists ...
The Gettysburg National Military Park detected Chronic Wasting Disease in the park's deer population for the first time.
As the human population increases and we build more and more infrastructure across the planet, there will be increasing overlap between humans and animals in the next 50 years. About 57 percent of all ...
Animals in Carbon County have now tested positive for the illness. Chronic wasting disease was first detected in Utah’s mule ...
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 ...
Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...
Theileria orientalis ikeda was first detected in Missouri in June 2023 and has since been reported in 60 counties. With the westward movement of this disease, it is critical to understand how it ...
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 ...
I’ve written previously about the need for better surveillance of emerging infectious diseases. Emerging pathogens are not unique to people, however. Animal diseases, especially diseases of livestock, ...