Over a chicken lunch, author Michael Dulaney explains why a “nightmare” scenario that could accompany the latest strain of bird flu has him so worried – and what everyone should do.
An Albuquerque epidemiologist argues that pandemic preparedness is far cheaper than the $14 trillion COVID-19 cost the U.S.
Virus data can also help predict what a future pandemic virus- sometimes called disease X ; highly transmissible viruses tend to be closely related to other viruses that spread between humans, ...
Major shifts in how animals are bred, raised and slaughtered are involved in the intensification of livestock systems. Globally, these changes have produced major increases in access to protein-rich ...
A global review of studies looks at how climate affects zoonotic diseases - infections that spread from animals to humans such as COVID-19, the bubonic plague and the Ebola virus. · The impact of ...
When the world ground to a halt in 2020, COVID-19 brought the stark reality of zoonotic disease into every corner of our lives. Zoonotic diseases are those that can jump from animals to people, and ...
Q-fever and Leptospirosis are two bacterial infections that are responsible for abortions in cattle and sheep and can result in human infections and disease. In people, Leptospirosis causes a headache ...
With calving and lambing seasons upon us, those of us that work with livestock often have increased contact with the animals we care for. This increased contact might occur as we help with a difficult ...
The first-ever known UK instance of 'reverse zoonosis'—where' human flu has been detected in a pig from a factory farm. This revelation, The Mirror says, was tucked away in government surveillance ...
Pandemic concerns have resurfaced in the UK following a new case of zoonosis, with health authorities contemplating the ramifications of diseases that can jump between species. The Mirror uncovered ...