Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...

Stray and feral cats serve as a significant source for rabies exposure to people and pets,” Terri McCollister, the state’s rabies program director, said.

A California child was recently confirmed as the third human case of bird flu with a known source of infection. What could this mean in our fight against the disease?

Bird flu has been detected in a Lincoln wastewater sample, but it isn't clear whether the virus came from animals, animal products or people.

A San Francisco resident is the second child in the United States to contract the viral bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to SFGATE. A CDC spokesperson said it’s ...

The sample -- the first to detect H5 bird flu in Lincoln -- was collected from the Northeast Water Resource Recovery Facility ...

Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of filoviruses, such as Ebola, yet the specific host species of ebolaviruses ...