An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A zoonotic disease is any disease that can be passed between animals and people. Some examples of zoonotic diseases are ebola, swine flu, and the ...

Zoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, are on the rise. That may first bring to mind exotic diseases like Ebola, but the reality is that many zoonotic infections happen closer to home, often during everyday ...

Human and animal health are closely linked, with many diseases shared between them. As our world becomes more developed and interconnected, the proximity between wild animals and humans is shrinking, ...

Zoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, are various kinds of illnesses caused by pathogens that jumped from non-human animals to humans. Zoonoses can be highly infectious and deadly, representing a serious ...

Scrub typhus resurgence in Himalayan tea estates exposing women to health risks, debt amid weak rural healthcare systems.

Zoonoses are diseases and infections including viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi that are transmitted between animals and people. Innumerable case reports and epidemiologic studies have ...

To prevent future health crises, monitoring the emergence of zoonotic diseases in wild meat value chains is essential. In this regard, the role of community hunters is crucial, as they can report ...

Global experts have gathered in Vienna for a week-long event to strengthen countries’ preparedness for future zoonotic disease outbreaks. What is ZODIAC Week? The Zoonotic Disease Integrated Action ...

For some, reports of a deadly new virus spreading across the planet seemingly came out of nowhere last year. But the emergence of COVID-19 didn’t shock the epidemiologists and researchers who study ...

The way food travels from farm to table can have substantial implications on everything from economies to the environment and even our health. COVID-19 is just the latest zoonotic disease to emerge ...

Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans. Like COVID-19, bird flu, malaria or Ebola. Zoonotic diseases affect around 2.6 billion people every year. Some ...

In the tropics and subtropics, families and communities frequently rely on bushmeat for food security as well as basic income. So, while the harvest and trade of wildlife are illegal in many locales, ...