Zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, malaria, and rabies, are illnesses that can spread from animals to people and vice versa.

Evaluating the speed at which viruses spread and transmit across host populations is critical to mitigating disease outbreaks. A study published December 3 in PLOS Biology by Simon Dellicour at the ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Since the start of the year, the region has seen a spread of viruses and other respiratory illnesses. Western Massachusetts residents are currently seeing a spike of cases in ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Ohio is leading the nation this year in the number of La Crosse virus cases, a mosquito-borne illness that most commonly ...

Let's face it—bats get a bad rap. Their links to disease outbreaks and their spooky association with vampires influence their ...