Disease

SARS-CoV-2 goes 'underground' to spread from cell to cell

Understanding the entry mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 into human cells

Bird flu detected in dead knots washed up on the Wadden Sea

Large Israel bird flu outbreak kills 2,000 wild cranes

New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas

Cancer is a ubiquitous disease of mammals, study concludes

Bird flu outbreak in French foie gras region

Debilitating human parasite transmitted via dogs eating fish

Citrus greening disease can infect an entire tree weeks before symptoms appear

Black bears could play important role in dispersal of pathogen-carrying ticks

Climate-driven disease compromises seagrass health

UK reports unprecedented jump in early season bird flu cases

Microplastic pollution aids antibiotic resistance

Wrangling an octopus-like viral replication machine

Deer can catch COVID: Here's what hunters should know

Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords

How the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretes and traffics its only known exotoxin

Robust approach needed to reduce risk of disease transmission between humans and wild animals

Study links increasing air pollution to the rise of a type of lung cancer

Hepatitis drug increases antibiotic potency, limits antibiotic resistance

Ultrashort-pulse lasers kill bacterial superbugs, spores

New details behind how the Shigella pathogen delivers bacterial proteins into our cells

Where will the next pandemic begin? The Amazon rainforest offers troubling clues

New approach could overcome fungal resistance to current treatments

Protect nature to avoid future pandemics

German farm to cull 4,000 pigs after swine fever detected

Poultry in lockdown after Belgium detects bird flu

Permafrost thaw could release bacteria and viruses

Identification of genes that cause resistance to treatment of the pathogenic fungus Candida

Novel approach to treating type 2 diabetes shows prolonged normal blood sugar levels after a single one-time procedure

Dutch order poultry indoors after avian flu outbreak

COVID-19: Disease may pose threat to wild mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park

How a deadly land fungus began killing marine mammals in the Salish Sea

Fusarium wilt of cotton more aggressive and diverse than previously understood

Toxoplasmosis in wild animals found to be more common in dense urban areas

Shagene A synthesis perfected for leishmaniasis treatment

Cat bacteria treats mouse skin infection, may help you and your pets as well

Hendra virus confirmed in flying foxes in broad region of Australia

Havana syndrome sees uptick in cases, concerns, and questions

'Living medicine' created to treat drug-resistant infections

Survey uncovers diversity of Vibrio in prawns bought in the UK

Compelling evidence of the connection between AMR surgical-site infections and arthropods

New study on African buffalo offers insights on persistence of highly contagious pathogens

Fungal transplants from close relatives help endangered plants fight off disease

Study: West Nile virus cases predicted to increase in New York and Connecticut due to climate change

Plant compound may protect bees from deadly virus that makes them lose their way home

First reported case of anthrax in wildlife: Infected zebra most likely causes death of 3 cheetahs

Deadly virus's pathway to infect cells identified

Global cancer risk from burning organic matter comes from unregulated chemicals

Dog parasite is developing resistance to treatments

Understanding pathogen tolerance in wild animals key to pandemic preparedness

Fighting viruses with algae

Political orientation predicts science denial: Ramifications for Americans getting vaccinated

Increasing prevalence of chronic wasting disease in Kansas deer

Deadly koala virus being passed to joeys from mum

Bird malaria spreading via global hotspots

Two atypical cases of mad cow disease detected in Brazil

Coronavirus epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago

With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes

Dog vaccination essential for preventing rabies spread to humans and animals

How to protect your dog from kennel cough

Disease that blinded, killed songbirds vanishes as mysteriously as it arrived

'Desert': drying Euphrates threatens disaster in Syria

Breathing wildfire smoke can affect the brain and sperm as well as the lungs

Farmed carnivores may become 'disease reservoirs' posing human health risk

New method improves detection of harmful microscopic parasites in water

Florida mayor urges water limits because of COVID-19 surge

Avian flu virus transmissibility in wild bird species

Infectious disease found in Hawaiʻi dolphin could spark mass marine mammal deaths

Crop farmers face new disease pressures as climate changes

Invasive weed could fuel malaria transmission

New York Auto Show canceled due to COVID-19

Keeping clubroot in rapeseed in check by using fungi

Particles from paints, pesticides can have deadly impact

Mammal biodiversity shapes disease risk

Dams fuel malaria cases in Africa

How the world can prevent emerging infectious diseases and protect food security

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice

Snakes look like monsters as fungal disease spreads in US, experts say

Faster diagnosis of deadly Hendra virus in horses

Study evaluates accuracy of tests for Bartonella infection in dogs

Social distancing for birds? Kentucky takes steps, investigates after bird mortality event

Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly

Kiwi disease study finds closely related bacterial strains display different behaviors

Combating antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Investigation starts in five states after imported dog develops rabies

New cause found for intensification of oyster disease

Urbanization drives antibiotic resistance on microplastics in Chinese river

Toxic, long-lasting contaminants detected in people living in northern Canada

Low doses of 'laughing gas' could be fast, effective treatment for severe depression

The buck stops where? Research records longest-ever deer distance

Protecting endangered yellow-eyed penguins from fatal infections

Elephants in India tested for coronavirus after rare lion's death

A new disease called halo blight threatens Michigan hop production

70-year-old coffee-killing fungus brought back to life to fight the disease

Bacterium causing rabbit fever remains virulent for months in cold water

Backyard poultry tied to salmonella outbreak in dozens of states: CDC

Conservation success leads to new challenges for endangered mountain gorillas

New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics

Many do not recognize animal agriculture's link to infectious diseases

Dust storms and valley fever in the American West

Bird flu detected in Mali

Essential oils restore insecticide effectiveness against bed bugs

Citizen science data tracks battle of birds vs bacteria

Study uncovers human-to-cat transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19

Novel antibiotic deceives bacteria through mimicry

Mystery canine illness identified as animal coronavirus

Shape-shifting Ebola virus protein exploits human RNA to change shape

Double trouble: Floods and COVID-19 have merged to pose great danger for Timor-Leste

Weather forecasts that predict meningitis outbreaks

Rising Sika deer populations linked to bovine tuberculosis infections

NJ blames bacteria for dead fish in rivers, bays since fall

Herpesvirus triggers cervical cancer affecting nearly one in four adult sea lions

Light pollution drives increased risk of West Nile virus

New discoveries on deadly fungus—possibly a key for treatment

Dogs infected with Leishmania parasites smell more attractive to female sand flies

Tool can provide swine producers with early diagnosis of often-fatal 'strep zoo'

Pandemic crippling nature conservation efforts

Tracing and controlling high pathogenicity avian influenza

Health risk? More than 500,000 Americans live within 3 miles of natural gas flares

Model may help Chincoteague ponies avoid deadly infection

Study highlights 'unbridled globetrotting' of the strangles pathogen in horses

New cell line could lead to more reliable vaccine development to fight costly pig virus

Temperature affects susceptibility of newts to skin-eating fungus

Biological assessment of world's rivers presents incomplete but bleak picture

Researcher makes significant discoveries in scope of disease, parasite spread by feral cats

Microbes could pose health, ecosystem risks when rain brings them to Earth

Scientists identify how harmless gut bacteria 'turn bad'

Lockdown critics are sure the costs outweigh the health benefits, but they're wrong

Researchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease

Yes, allergy seasons are getting worse; blame climate change

Researchers gain insight into the biology of a deadly fungus

Chimp deaths at Sierra Leone sanctuary linked to a bacterium

Wildfire smoke may carry 'mind-bending' amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say

Significant cancer rates in California sea lions have major human health implications

African swine fever decimates Philippine pig stocks

Tick-borne disease rapidly spreading in Australian dog population

U.S. must unify atmospheric biology research or risk national security, scientists say

New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

Mange in Yellowstone wolves reveals insights into human scabies and conservation biology

How did Florida fail to respond to a coral disease epizootic and what's to follow?

Marine viruses: The tiny microbe killers that orchestrate life in the ocean

Sea lion diagnosed with tuberculosis triggers public health concerns

How one pathogen evades the immune system

Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park

France plans mass duck slaughter as bird flu hits foie gras

New imaging method reveals whether antibiotics reach bacteria hiding in tissues

Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases

Devastating skin disease covering up to 70% of a dolphin's body tied to climate change

Egypt reports bird flu outbreaks in rural area

Second young elephant dies from virus at New York zoo

COVID-19 and other pandemics are the effects of our negative impact on the diversity of the total environment

Toxic pollutants can impact wildlife disease spread

Ferrets, cats and civets most susceptible to coronavirus infection after humans

Oral drug blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Hawaiian minerals increasing lung infection rates on the islands, study finds

Researchers identify bacteria that can make the Bolson tortoise ill

After 100 years, Cornell University plant pathologists revisit fire blight hypothesis

Noble False Widow spider bite can transmit harmful antibiotic resistant bacteria to humans

Global species study suggests warming planet will mean an increase in infectious diseases in cooler climates

Tropical peatland conservation could protect humans from new diseases

Belgium announces measures for bird flu outbreak

'Forest foods' drive risks of next global pandemic

Researchers identify melatonin as possible COVID-19 treatment

Danger in the deeps: COVID‑19 spread through wastewater could devastate some marine mammal species

A skin-eating fungus from Europe could decimate Appalachia's salamanders

Studies offer suggestions for combatting conspiracy theories, stereotypes

Air pollution fell, plastic use soared during Europe lockdowns

Dutch cull 215,000 chickens after bird flu detected

New research traces the origins of trench fever

Buffalo fly faces Dengue nemesis

Plant viruses hijack the defence system of plants, but there might be a way to strike back

People in the pro-Trump parts of the U.S. stayed at home less and got COVID more

Study finds fungal disease of snakes in 19 states, Puerto Rico

Wet summer, biting midges spread deadly disease among deer

Risk of human-to-wildlife transmission of the COVID-19 virus

Boosting chickens' own immune response could curb disease

The plant hormone auxin may promote disease by regulating virulence gene expression

Arcobacter abundant in Hurricane Florence floodwaters

Disease-spreading ticks keep marching north as weather stays warmer

Suspected bacteria infection kills 12 more Zimbabwe elephants

The impact of human mobility on disease spread

Archaeology uncovers infectious disease spread 4,000 years ago

Migration shapes patterns of disease transmission

Human activities promote disease-spreading mosquitoes; more study needed for prevention

Germany confirms 1st case of swine fever on its territory

Zimbabwe finds 10 more dead elephants, suspects bacteria

Viruses could be harder to kill after adapting to warm environments

Viruses on glaciers highlight evolutionary mechanism to overcome host defenses

Prior exposure to powdery mildew makes plants more vulnerable to subsequent disease

International screening of the effects of a pathogenic fungus

Reducing transmission risk of livestock disease

Machine-learning model finds SARS-COV-2 growing more infectious

What can ants and termites teach us about fighting disease?

Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure

How climate change could expose new epidemics

Study quantifies potential COVID-19 spread from hurricane evacuation

Thai scientists catch bats to trace virus origins

Researchers find new way to make bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics

Enzyme discovered in the gut could lead to new disease biomarker

Deprived of oxygen, layers of bacteria get creative

World film premiere: Death of cell infected with tuberculosis

Land use changes may increase disease outbreak risks

Study finds diseases in N.C. otters, an important species for tracking river health

Close relatives of the novel coronavirus may have circulated in bats for decades before jumping to humans

Scientists find new way to kill tuberculosis

Researchers identify evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 lockdown caused 50% global reduction in human-linked Earth vibrations

Research breakthrough in fight against chytrid fungus

Researchers address African vulture poisoning with global disease and biodiversity implications

The post-COVID workplace: Expert weighs in on whether employees will be safe

A short segment of a prion protein plays a critical role in its susceptibility to cross-species prion transmission

Veterinarians urge pet owners to prepare for the arrival of rabbit hemorrhagic disease

Socio-economic, environmental impacts of COVID-19 quantified

Is stop and search contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in the UK?

Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick's gene expression to spread to new hosts

Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics

Researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals

Global urbanization created the conditions for the current coronavirus pandemic

Chemists developing paper-strip urine test for at-home/office/clinic COVID-19 evaluation

New family of enzymes reveals the Achilles' heel of fungal pathogens

Kissing bugs also find suitable climatic conditions in Europe

Infected insects may warn of impending citrus disease a year in advance

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, deadly disease strikes rabbit populations

A new hybrid fungus is found in hospitals and linked to lung disease

Researchers develop 'poisoned arrow' to defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Odds of edible insects transmitting coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is negligible

A rising tide of marine disease? How parasites respond to a warming world

Supercomputing aids scientists seeking therapies for deadly bacterial disease

The relationships between forests, deforestation and infectious disease emergence

Virus prevalence associated with habitat

Physicists exploring use of Blu-ray disc lasers to kill COVID-19, other viruses

Flying foxes in South Australia exposed to zoonotic viruses

Stars and scientists call for world not to 'go back to normal'

Unraveling one of prion disease's deadly secrets

Malaria risk is highest in early evening, study finds

Intensive farming increases risk of epidemics, warn scientists

Emergence of deadly honey bee disease revealed

New route of infection found for bacterium that spreads from horses to humans

Sensitive new test detects antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in only 10 minutes

Bacteria that are persistently resistant to one antibiotic are 'primed' to become multidrug-resistant bugs

How habitat destruction enables the spread of diseases like COVID-19

Video: How effective are cloth masks against coronavirus?

Study finds raw-type dog foods as a major source of multidrug-resistant bacteria that could potentially colonize humans

Aquaculture at the crossroads of global warming and antimicrobial resistance

Coronavirus and air pollution: Does nitrogen dioxide impact fatalities?

Heavy use of hand sanitizer boosts antimicrobial resistance

Discovery of new virus in bats linked to AIDS-like disease decimating koalas

Risk of viruses emerging in humans may not depend on their animal host

Scientists discover six new coronaviruses in bats (Update)

Study shows pangolins may have passed new coronavirus from bats to humans

The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment

Researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease

Efforts to control livestock disease PPRV should focus on herd management style, not age

Indonesia covers up to protect orangutans from virus threat

Reflections on COVID-19 and our destruction of nature

Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics

AI tool predicts which coronavirus patients get deadly 'wet lung'

Nature takes back world's empty city streets

The risk coronavirus poses to our tenuous, complex supply chain

Endgame C: Stop almost everything, restart when coronavirus is gone

Sea otters, opossums and the surprising ways pathogens move from land to sea

Expert explains why the odds of a coronavirus recession have risen

Virus-stricken airlines face bailout or bust

Companies hit pause button as coronavirus infects economy

Understanding our interconnected world and COVID-19

Understanding a major source of Minnesota moose decline

Pandemic exposes 'digital divide' as schools, workplaces close

Climate crisis on back-burner as pandemic threat looms

Facebook shuts London, Singapore offices after coronavirus case

Lufthansa to halve flight capacity over virus

Top 13 tips to work at home amid coronavirus concerns

Deadly white-nose syndrome confirmed in Texas bat for first time

X-ray eyes peer deeper into deadly pathogen

Twitter staff told to work from home over virus fears

The mysterious Asian longhorned tick invades Virginia

The growing impact of coronavirus on the global economy

Genetic resistance to lethal virus found in key farmed fish species

Five rhinos die from suspected anthrax infection in India

Diseases spread from wildlife pose risk to livestock and humans in Alberta, scientists find

Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?

Could illegally trafficked pangolins be the missing link in the coronavirus outbreak?

African swine fever kills hundreds of pigs in Bali

Trained dogs are the most efficient way to hunt citrus industry's biggest threat

Rapid weather swings increase flu risk

Toyota keeping China plants shut through Feb 9 over virus

Czechs detect bird flu as new Europe outbreak feared

Australia's threatened bats need protection from white-nose syndrome

French oyster farmers fume as norovirus shuts down sales

Study: Pig virus is easily transmitted among chickens and turkeys

Malaria in the Amazon increases with deforestation

Outbreak science: Infectious disease research leads to outbreak predictions

Pathways of disease spillover among domestic and wild sheep and goats in the western United States

Bird flu kills 25,000 turkeys in eastern Poland, sparks cull

81 horses culled on Turkish island amid disease outbreak

Researchers say may have found cause of mad cow disease

Cholera kills over 27,000 pigs in Indonesia

African swine fever kills more than 20 wild boar in Poland

Human link in spread of infectious cancer in mussels

Melting arctic sea ice linked to emergence of deadly virus in marine mammals

Infectious cancer in mussels spread across the Atlantic

Evidence of cross-species filovirus transmission from bats to humans

Crab disease poses threat to shellfish stocks

Malawi fights tsetse flies, disease after wildlife relocated

"Wolves in sheep's clothing" – the superbugs outsmarting laboratory tests

Newly discovered virus infects bald eagles across America

Indonesia's huge fires and toxic haze will cause health problems for years to come

This microbe is spreading antibiotic resistance to other bacteria

Study: Mosquitoes carried across the Sahel by wind, possibly spreading malaria

Crocodile-killing bacteria identified by researchers

Cuba battles plague of giant snails

How does climate change help to spread diseases?

Scientists track frog-killing fungus to help curb its spread

Virus may jump species through 'rock-and-roll' motion with receptors

Study tallies huge hidden health costs from climate change

South Korea confirms first swine fever outbreak

Genomic migration analysis shows antibiotic resistance moving from humans to animals

Bulgaria, Romania struggle with swine fever outbreaks

Philippines confirms African swine fever, culls 7,000 pigs

Hidden danger from pet dogs in Africa

Mysterious disease killing dogs in Norway

Flies overwhelm Pakistan's Karachi in monsoon 'hell'

Arbovirus manipulation of plant immune systems to favor disease spread

Livestock disease risk tied to herd management style

Researchers find elusive protein that could be key to eliminating neglected tropical diseases

Florida panthers, bobcats stricken by mystery nerve disorder

Philippines: Still-unknown disease prompts culling of pigs

Animal diseases: Mating behavior and movement patterns influence dynamics

A common honey bee disease is spread through flowers

Research looks at virus past to predict future outbreaks

Glimmer of hope as Italy battles 'olive tree leprosy'

An update on the ongoing coral disease outbreak in Florida

Slovakia to cull livestock after first swine fever case

Wool odor could be key to protecting sheep from flystrike

Flies may also spread disease among monkeys and apes

A skin disease spreading in wild giraffes may be a parasitic attack

Toxic caterpillars spark Dutch health scare

Toxic processionary caterpillar plague spreads across Europe

Amphibians infected by ranavirus found in Atlantic Rainforest

Virus that can drive bats to madness spreads through NC's abandoned gold mines

Chemiluminescence probes for the rapid and sensitive detection of salmonella and listeria

Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980

Controlling deadly malaria without chemicals

'Flying salt shakers of death:' Fungal-infected zombie cicadas explained

Honeybees infect wild bumblebees—through shared flowers

Rapid cross-resistance bringing cockroaches closer to invincibility

Plants may be transmitting superbugs to people

How an emerging tick-borne pathogen evades detection

Asian nations scramble to contain pig disease outbreaks

Disrupting one gene could be first step toward treating honey bee parasite nosema ceranae

Study reveals potential new disease threats for wild snow leopards

Northeastern deer more susceptible to wasting disease than those to the west

Despite culls, import bans, swine fever to hit pork market for years

Using population genetics, scientists confirm origins of root rot in Michigan ornamentals

Fighting malaria with fungi: Biologists engineer a fungus to be deadlier to mosquitoes

Seoul: North Korea confirms African swine fever outbreak

Discovery may explain mystery of long-term parasites

Could US wildfires be contributing to heart disease?

Hong Kong to cull 6,000 pigs as first swine fever case found

Climate change responsible for severe infectious disease in UK frogs

A scientist's work to protect the pork industry from virus outbreaks

Researchers discover new strain of canine distemper in wild animals in New Hampshire, Vermont

Researchers see health effects across generations from popular weed killer

Life-threatening foot disease found in endangered huemul deer in Chile

Scientists identify a key gene in the transmission of deadly African sleeping sickness

First reported UK case of likely dog-to-dog transmission of leishmaniosis

Stranded dolphins have amyloid plaques in their brains

Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill

Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease

Sick marine mammals turning up on California beaches in droves

Croatia's top oyster farmers in alarm after norovirus found

Antibiotic resistance is spreading from wastewater treatment plants

2015-2016 El Nino triggered disease outbreaks across globe

Fat bats withstand the effects of white-nose syndrome

Study shows hope for fighting disease known as Ebola of frogs

Marine scientists find toxic bacteria on microplastics retrieved from tropical waters

Could germs in your gut send you into depression?

Mobile-phone microscope detects the 'silent killer' of honey bees

Researchers create visual guide to identify invasive self-cloning tick

'Superbug gene' found in one of the most remote

Listeria in the feed - A dangerous hygiene problem in fattening pigs

Avian influenza in Bangladesh - the role of migratory birds in the transmission of disease

First confirmed cases of rabbit virus found in UK hares

The curious link between brain diseases and blue-green algae

UK must stay vigilant for bluetongue after 2007 'lucky escape'

A new sweet basil hybrid resistant to Downy Mildew

EU OKs Poland's wild boar slaughter to fight swine disease

Global Incident Map Displaying Outbreaks of All Varieties of Diseases

Soil compound fights chronic wasting disease

China confirms first swine fever cases in Beijing

'Very serious' - African swine fever spreads in China

Preparing for the next pandemic

Planetary boundaries for antibiotic and pesticide resistance identified

Warming oceans lead to more fur seal deaths from hookworm infection