Emerging infectious diseases comprise a substantial fraction of important human infections, with potentially devastating global health and economic impacts. A 2008 paper in Nature described the ...

A widespread die-off of bottlenose dolphins off the Mid-Atlantic Coast — the worst of its kind in more than a quarter-century — almost certainly is the work of a virus that killed more than 740 ...

Scientists are concerned about a virus they've recently identified in Fraser's dolphins. Though the disease has already been infecting these animals for a few years, researchers are sounding the alarm ...

The University of Georgia Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, based at the College of Veterinary Medicine, played a key role in identifying the cause of the "unusual mortality event" for ...

A viral outbreak that's killing bottlenose dolphins is moving down the U.S. East Coast as the animals migrate south for the winter. Between July 1 and November 3, at least 753 animals have died. The ...

A deadly pathogen known as cetacean morbillivirus has been detected in Arctic waters for the first time. Researchers found it using a new technique to monitor the whales’ health: flying a drone over ...

Officials confirmed Tuesday that morbillivirus, a virus similar to measles, is the culprit in the death of more than 300 dolphins along the East Coast in recent weeks. It is the same virus that killed ...