While there are multiple diseases that animals transmit to humans, this article deals with some of the most common ones – from rabies to toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis, and more. Intro: Statistically ...

New research suggests that some forest restoration can lead to a short-term rise in the transmission of zoonotic diseases like malaria.

Chickens are able to pass bird flu to humans. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Avian flu, mad cow disease, hantavirus, black plague and other notorious ailments originated with animals and made the ...

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi destroyed all but three monkeys that at last report were still on the loose after escaping from an overturned truck that was transporting them.

Diseases that spread from animals to humans and from humans to animals are known as zoonotic diseases. These infections ...

H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern given multiple ...

Researchers say leptospirosis is emerging as a climate‑driven health threat in Australia, with frequent storms, floods and heatwaves pushing the disease further south.