The reemergence of the New World screwworm, which poses significant health risks for livestock, has prompted the Department ...

The monsoon bring much-needed relief from the heat, but also open the gates to dangerous, waterborne illnesses. For pet ...

Coughing: Not all dogs will develop this symptom, but when the worms migrate through the body, they can damage the lungs and ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

A large-scale study tracing human disease history back 37,000 years has identified harmful bacteria, viruses and parasites ...

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their ...

Knowable Magazine reports that worm-inspired treatments show promise for metabolic diseases by reducing inflammation and ...

After a wallaby escaped from its backyard enclosure in Cudahy, the owner said she was given five days to surrender the animal ...

The team is "here to stay," no matter what, lead researcher Keith Bowers said, amid federal funding changes for scientific ...

Just hearing the word “ticks” puts some people on edge as they consider the diseases the parasite sometimes gives to its ...