Unfortunately, the virus could have cascading effects that impact humans, too. According to Inside Climate News, scientists ...

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Chickens are able to pass bird flu to humans. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Avian flu, mad cow disease, hantavirus, black plague and other notorious ailments originated with animals and made the ...

Rat lungworm, a parasite that can infect certain animals and humans and prove fatal, was found in wild opossums, rats and a ...

Wild animals across the globe are increasingly contracting diseases that were once considered uniquely human problems, from respiratory infections to diabetes and even mental health conditions. It’s ...

Diseases started jumping from animals to humans at least 6,500 years ago, researchers found in a new study of ancient DNA. After analyzing ancient DNA from 1,313 prehistoric humans from Europe and ...

Back at the start of 2009, I thought I was sure where the next influenza pandemic would come from: Asia. I’d spent a few years in the region following the steady progression of the H5N1 avian flu ...

The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...