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 ...

Escaped monkeys and rumors of disease in Mississippi raised worries about zoonotic infections that could harm people.

As global Covid-19 cases top two million, it’s humbling to remember that it all started when one person got infected by one wild animal. We may never find out precisely where or when it occurred, nor ...

Animals, as cute as some of them may be, can be a source of illness for humans. These so-called zoonotic diseases can originate from bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. In fact, most infectious ...

The coronavirus pandemic, which has now infected nearly 19 million and killed more than 712,000 people, most likely originated from bats. Just like other coronavirus outbreaks in the past, a ...

Three monkeys remain at large after truck crash in Mississippi released 21 primates from Tulane University research program ...