According to a 2022 World Bank estimate, preventing a pandemic would cost approximately US$11 billion per year, while ...

Analysis - The world is facing daunting health challenges with the rise of zoonotic diseases - infections that are transmissible from animals to humans. These diseases - which include Ebola, avian flu ...

Across the world, natural history museums hold about 3 billion specimens of plants and animals in collections—and these ...

Socioeconomic factors may be a driving force behind the emergence and spread of animal-borne disease outbreaks, according to ...

Did you know that more than 75% of new infectious diseases affecting humans originally ... organ physiology in the lab lets us explore how zoonotic viruses-those that jump from animals to humans ...

Some U.S. cities are unexpectedly leading in cases of animal-borne diseases, also known as zoonotic infections. From raccoons and rodents to mosquitoes and stray pets, these urban centers are facing ...

In a landmark decision, the World Health Assembly has adopted the Pandemic Agreement, marking the first time the One Health ...

In this exclusive interview with the WSWS, Dr. Daszak recounts the story of his persecution and that of other principled ...

Discover how lab-grown bat organoids and cell lines are revolutionizing virus research and pandemic preparedness worldwide.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the field of virology by enhancing the detection, management, and prevention of ...

These viruses do not harm the bats themselves, but can transfer to humans, in whom they cause disease ... SARS and COVID-19 are both examples of zoonotic spillover events, which are becoming ...

But the tide has turned, so much so that we’ve moved on somewhat from debating the competing scientific claims to treating ...