The Disease Bridge: How Our Cities Are Inviting Wildlife Viruses In As suburbs expand into forests, grasslands, and wetlands, ...

In 2019, a big outbreak of avian influenza struck Namibia’s endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) population. The IAEA-FAO’s sequencing service was able to help characterize the outbreak as ...

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 ...

Infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm about two pathogens in animals that have the potential to trigger the next ...

Dogs, cats, and other animals make wonderful companions and pets. Their presence can reduce stress, provide a sense of responsibility, and fill lives with joy. However, pets also carry pathogens that ...

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 ...

Graphic showing which animals host the most zoonotic viruses that have also been found in humans. From COVID-19 to monkey pox, Mers, Ebola, avian flu, Zika and HIV, diseases transmitted from animals ...

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 ...

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

The federal government recently released new dietary guidelines aimed at “ending the war on protein” and steering Americans ...

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 ...