By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

On July 12, a new deadly Nipah virus infection was confirmed in a 52-year-old man in the Palakkad district of Kerala, marking ...

Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the right ...

Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...

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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 ...

Veterinary experts are puzzled about the pathogen that has caused respiratory illness in hundreds of dogs across the U.S., but there's one matter they tend to agree on. They believe the disease is ...

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

Understanding routes of pathogen emergence and transmission is critical to preventing and mitigating disease spillover and amplification. The National Academies Forum on Microbial Threats will host a ...

The risk of disease emergence is heightened when people are brought in close or direct contact with pathogens with outbreak potential. As 60% of pathogens of public health concern are zoonotic, this ...

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