Researchers are using army ants in Congo Basin rainforests to better understand the presence and emergence of zoonoses, diseases transmitted from animals to humans. According to the World Health ...

Bats have become the poster child of emerging zoonotic disease. The creatures harbor a vast array of viruses—some of which cause deadly diseases in humans—yet they rarely get sick themselves. What ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Identifying and prioritizing the many unknown viruses circulating in animals is an important part of modeling future pandemic risk ...

Nipah is a deadly virus with no treatment or vaccine. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers Nipah as a 'high-risk pathogen', and it spreads from animals to humans. A rare but deadly zoonotic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Wednesday, May 20, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: A deadly hantavirus outbreak has raised concerns online, but ...

Many viruses can infect both humans and animals, including hepatitis E virus. This virus is often transmitted to humans via ...

An experimental monoclonal antibody has been engineered to target the deadly Nipah virus, an emerging zoonotic pathogen with a human mortality rate ranging as high as a staggering 90%. The candidate ...

Nipah is a zoonotic virus with a high mortality rate Authorities in India have confirmed that two cases of Nipah virus have been reported Two nurses at a private hospital near Kolkata, West Bengal, ...

In a new study published in Cell titled, “Dynamics of natural selection preceding human viral epidemics and pandemics,” researchers from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) report that most ...

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The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing eminent human and animal virologists from more than 90 Centers of Excellence and Affiliates in over 40 countries dedicated to advancing research, ...

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how ...