zoonoses

The key to averting cataclysmic events, such as pandemics, climate change, and mass extinction of species, lies partly in what’s on our plates.

Two strains of monkeypox have been detected in the US, suggesting the virus has been circulating in the country for some time, the CDC says.

Experts are scrambling to understand clusters of the normally rare disease that have been reported in Europe and North America in the last month.

Three studies that analyzed samples from Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market add to evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has zoonotic origins.

Thousands of animals have had their shot already. How many more really need it?

Researchers used sequencing data and phenotypic traits to predict which of 5,400 species were most likely to be susceptible to contracting and spreading the virus back to humans.

A patient caught the rare disease in Nigeria before flying through two US airports, exposing more than 200 people from 27 states.

Researchers involved in a long-term project to identify viruses of concern have now assessed the risk factors that could help forecast which pathogens are the most likely to spillover from wildlife to people.

A study proposes that habitat for bats—and their accompanying coronaviruses—has increased in southern Asia over the last century, but experts debate the reliability of the analysis.

An investigation by the World Health Organization into the origins of COVID-19 will instead focus on the virus’s animal origins and the possibility of spread through frozen foods.

Government authorities say because the animals are good hosts of the novel coronavirus, and this new viral variant could undermine vaccine efforts against COVID-19, they are destroying the nation's entire stock of mink.

Bat species use different strategies to dampen immune activation in response to viruses.

Animals that can host pathogens dangerous to humans, such as rodents, birds, and bats, are proportionately more common in human-occupied spaces than in remote areas.

Pangolins are poached for their scales and meat, leading researchers to develop a set of molecular tools to help track and mitigate the trade.

Working at bushmeat markets in Africa, researchers are trying to trace the trade networks of the mammals.

Preliminary modeling studies provide a shortlist of potential coronavirus intermediate host species.

Researchers are trying to figure out where it came from, whether it’s evolving, and just how big a threat it will be.

Scientists release a draft genome of the virus that has been identified in 41 patients.