Wildlife trade, which concerns a quarter of all mammal species, increases the chances of pathogen transmission between animals and humans. As the exchange of animals might suggest, humans interact ...

A new commentary published in Environmental Health Perspectives, urges the scientific community to continue research on the airborne transmission of pathogens. The commentary cites the importance of ...

Hedgehogs, elephants, pangolins, bears or fennec foxes: many wild species are sold as pets, hunting trophies, for traditional medicine, biomedical research, or for their meat or fur. These practices, ...

The past few decades have seen the emergence of several diseases with drastic public health and economic consequences. Understanding routes of pathogen emergence and transmission is critical to ...

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, humans had been the only species with reported cases of the disease. While early genetic analyses pointed to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers assessed the Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing approach for determining the health care ...

An analysis of data from hundreds of studies identified 22 viruses capable of persisting in human semen after infection, with nine showing evidence of sexual transmission. Scientists have for decades ...

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A study conducted in the Swiss Alps by the University of Lausanne and the University of Milan shows that glacier retreat and ...

Here are 17 key administrative recommendations for the prevention of bloodborne pathogen transmission, outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1. Incorporate preventing ...