Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating ...
Over 60% of human infectious diseases come from animals. Learn what zoonotic diseases are, how they are transmitted, and why ...
Cow udders may provide a hotspot for bird flu and human flu viruses to mingle. The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than ...
As plastic pollution worsens worldwide, scientists are uncovering a new and unsettling possibility. Tiny airborne fragments ...
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over ...
Modern laboratory techniques for the detection of novel human viruses are greatly needed as physicians and epidemiologists increasingly deal with infectious diseases caused by new or previously ...
Researchers discovered how human astroviruses bind to a receptor on human cells at a molecular level, which could inform new ...
Across species from pets to wildlife, chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and arthritis are increasingly common — and humans share much of the blame. Across the globe, animals from household pets ...
A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a ...
"This is not just hypothetical future change." Health officials warn painful disease will become a major threat this decade: ...
The animals' immune systems evolved to tamp down inflammation. This is an Inside Science story. Bats can harbor many viruses that are potentially deadly to humans, including those behind SARS, Ebola ...