Viruses easily spread between humans through coughs, needles, and sex. Animals can also infect humans through infected feces, blood, and tissue.

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over ...

Boston Animal Control and MSPCA-Angell worked together to save three golden retriever puppies, positive for parvo, that were ...

This story is part of a larger series on viroids and virusoids, small infectious RNAs. It is also the eighth installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes serious ...

One of five german shepard puppies turned into Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter on Thursday has been given a ...

Watertown Animal Control is urging everyone to avoid animals in the wild due to the spread of distemper virus. In the past few months, there was an outbreak of distemper virus in Watertown that has ...

A health alert has been issued in Missouri due to a spike in West Nile Virus cases, with 15 patients hospitalized and three ...

The City of Marshall's LRCA is monitoring the area for animals with rabies after an animal was discovered to have the virus, ...

A new study has revealed a surprising dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the virus responsible for the global crisis, SARS-CoV-2, now detected "in a large suite of common backyard animals." ...

WATERBURY - A 26-year-old woman blamed a virus for killing 20 cats and a dog inside and around a trailer where Waterbury ...