A fatal highly pathogenic avian influenza infection in a domestic cat linked to wildlife, and a separate backyard poultry detection, point to ongoing spillover risks for animals sharing outdoor ...

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds to farm animals and then to people, causing more than 70 human cases in ...

Recent reports of Nipah virus (NiV) infections in West Bengal, India, have reignited global concern, prompting public health ...

While many foodborne pathogens only affect the digestive system, listeriosis can spread into normally sterile parts of the body including blood and the brain, giving rise to life threatening ...

Explore France's groundbreaking HPAI vaccination strategy, cutting outbreak risks and transforming poultry sector resilience.

For Albuquerque Republican Sen. Nicole Tobiassen, the fight against mosquitoes is personal now. In September, Tobiassen’s ...

The World Health Organization said the risk of the Nipah virus spreading from India remains low and has advised against ...

The World Health Organization reported two cases of a rare virus in an eastern Indian state on Thursday.

New genetic evidence shows that infectious diseases began to develop in America thousands of years before contact with Europe ...

Despite fears, Nipah virus is unlikely to spark a global pandemic like Covid-19 due to low human-to-human transmission. Highly contagious diseases such as measles or vector-borne viruses like dengue ...