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 WHO suggests changing terminology to better understand pathogen transmission through the air, emphasizing N95 mask use and improved ventilation. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

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 ...

When a new virus emerges, it’s important to understand how it might spread through a population so protocols can be put in place to help contain the spread. Dr. Cécile Tran-Kiem, a postdoctoral ...

Disease forecasts are like weather forecasts: We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these threats are emerging and prepare ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a series of documents covering the relevance of a range of pathogens in water. The background documents will inform the revision of WHO guidelines for ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Guelph have been testing radio frequency identification technology to track the movements of horses and staff members to determine how disease may be spread. The ...