A newborn bison calf in Yellowstone National Park had to be euthanized after a visitor handled it in May 2023 – a recent example of how trying to help wild animals often harms them.
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We studied 16 bat species in the UK to learn about the viruses they carry and understand the risk to humans.
Museum archives hold biological specimens that have been collected over years or even decades. Modern molecular analysis of these collections can reveal information about pathogens and their spread.
This whirlwind tour of social history describes how infectious diseases have shaped humanity at every stage. It suggests reducing inequality will give us our best chance of surviving future plagues.
Raw seafood dishes such as sushi, poke bowls and ceviche are increasingly popular, but can harbour fish-borne parasites. What’s the best way to protect ourselves?
A new global dataset shows there is no clear global increase of infectious disease outbreaks over time. And it can suggest which countries would most likely be affected by an outbreak.
Evidence is mounting for links to animals at the Wuhan wet market. But we’ve wasted a lot of time and energy getting here.
Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. This suggests that it could mutate into forms that threaten humans.
It is not the drought that causes disease outbreak, but instead the way society deals with dry conditions.
The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.
While a small proportion of people have become ill while in contact with infected birds, there is no evidence it has spread from human to human.
The virus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses. But we don’t know whether it spreads from human to human.
Infectious diseases originating in wild animals are high and may be increasing. This is a sign that ecosystem degradation is undermining the planet’s capacity to sustain human wellbeing.
The metaphors used to characterize monkeypox can contribute to narratives that help sustain racist, colonial, homophobic and other discriminatory attitudes and beliefs.
Allowing cats to roam unsupervised is detrimental to humans, wildlife and the cats themselves. Managing free-roaming cats should consider the risks they pose to other species.
A deadly neurological infection, chronic wasting disease, has been detected in deer, elk and moose in 30 states and four Canadian provinces. Human risk is low, but hunters need to take precautions.
Recent outbreaks have drawn attention to monkeypox. Get answers to common questions about this relative of the smallpox virus, including transmission, symptoms and effectiveness of smallpox vaccine.
Two cases of monkeypox have been reported in Australia. Resurgence of this virus could be due to the ending of smallpox vaccination.
Scientists exploring the possibility of an animal origin for Covid-19 are still investigating the missing link between bats and human beings.
Just because many of the children in the current severe hepatitis outbreak were exposed to dogs, doesn’t mean dogs are the cause.
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Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, University of Liverpool
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Head Scientific Research Support, Stellenbosch University
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Head: Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Biodiversity and Human Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Affiliate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University
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Regional Director, ILRI Asia, International Livestock Research Institute
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Alborada Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
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Canada Research Chair and Full Professor, Epidemiology and One Health, Université de Montréal
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Directeur régional Asie du Sud-Est, vétérinaire et épidémiologiste, Cirad
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Sydney Horizon Fellow, veterinarian and wildlife disease ecologist, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, infectious disease ecology, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University