A new environmentally friendly waste management approach that uses black soldier fly larvae has been developed by a team from China’s Fudan University. Typically, waste from both people and animals is ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers tested a novel approach to mitigate deadly bat-borne viruses from jumping into ...

Zoonotic diseases originate in animals but can become highly dangerous when transmitted to humans. Pathogens such as rabies ...

Study shows zoonotic viruses like SARS-CoV-2 can transmit between humans without prior adaptation, unlike lab-passaged viruses.

The question of origins has long bedevilled the study of pandemics. In pre-modern times, outbreaks of infectious disease were ...

Experts say early symptoms in humans can be misleading, but once they begin, the infection is often deadly within weeks ...

Sudden drop in milk production, thickened milk, and cows under movement restrictions. Since 2024, American farmers have had bitter experiences with the feared bird flu (H5N1), which in several cases ...

San Mateo County park. Preliminary test results shared by the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center on ...

Researchers studying live poultry markets in Southeast Asia determined that environment testing is a valuable addition to detect viruses.

Bats are reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses, such as Ebola and coronaviruses. These pathogens can spread to humans ...

For the first time, confirmation of the deadly H5N1 virus has been detected in California's elephant seal population.