How Our Cities Are Inviting Wildlife Viruses In As suburbs expand into forests, grasslands, and wetlands, the boundary between human and wildlife spaces becomes less distinct.

This article was originally featured on Undark. It all started when Christopher Mason’s 3-year-old daughter licked a subway pole. Like any parent, he was horrified, but also keenly curious: What types ...

Infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm about two pathogens in animals that have the potential to trigger the next ...

Learn more about the diseases that live in certain animals and if they can be transferred to humans.

The Military Tick Identification/Infection Confirmation Kit program has expanded, and the Defense Health Agency-Public Health vector-borne disease team is now conducting additional off-season ...

A new study by researchers at Kiel University and MPI-EvolBio describes how more efficient protein production drives the ...

It’s no secret that feral hogs are not good news for the ecosystems of America. But now they present an additional threat.

Researchers conducted a statewide survey of all patients on breathing machines in hospitals and long-term care facilities and found that a significant percentage of them harbored two pathogens known ...

Like many things in life, diseases and pathogens are not linear. What was once under control may resurface or spike due to evolving global conditions — which is something experts from the CDC and ...

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers conducted a statewide survey of all patients on breathing machines in hospitals and long-term care facilities and found that a significant ...

As part of Homeland Security Today’s National Preparedness Month coverage, we are featuring conversations with leaders who are shaping readiness across the nation. In this interview, Eric Leckey, ...