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.

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 ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...

Viral transmission is the process by which viruses spread between hosts. It includes spread to members of the same host species or spread to different species in the case of viruses that can cross ...

As bird flu cases crop up across the country, here's what a food safety expert wants you to know about getting the virus from ...

The European Union is monitoring cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) amid an outbreak of the disease in China. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said cases across Europe were ...

The U.S. has experienced its first death from H5N1 bird flu. Here’s what happened, plus how concerned you should be, ...

Bird flu adds to a litany of onslaughts lagoon dolphins have had to endure in recent years. Scientists say the dolphins often ...