Live animal markets and the illegal sale of wildlife pose particular dangers, but any sale of wild animals or animal products ...

Pennsylvania consistently ranks among the top three states in the country for reported Lyme disease cases each year.

A study finds that 41% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with just 6.4% of species ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Warmer temperatures are impacting the food supply and its safety, experts warned amid an outbreak of E. coli that has struck McDonald's Quarter Pounders. Experts said pathogens—the ...

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...

More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.

When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

Citing a nationwide rise in several infectious diseases, two health tech companies plan to test a new ...

A vast industry encompassing exotic pets, trophy hunting and materials used in fashion is amplifying animal-to-human ...

Pathogenic bacteria often delay the activation of their virulence program until they are inside the host. Researchers have ...

While traditional kits confirmed infections, genomic sequencing was essential to investigate the outbreak's origin, ...