Scientists usually use animal models when studying Parkinson's disease because these models mimic the disease well. They are ...

Scientists usually use animal models when studying Parkinson's disease because these models mimic the disease well.

Cases of Powassan virus have hit the news in recent months because of the potentially life-altering, sometimes fatal, ...

Spending time outdoors is a wonderful way to connect with nature, but the warm weather also brings out unwanted woodland ...

Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they ...

Mosquito and tick bites can put people at risk for contracting Lyme disease, West Nile virus and alpha-gal syndrome.

When H5N1 bird flu first began infecting U.S. cattle in early 2024, diagnosis was elusive because, in cows, the disease ...

Definition: A pathogen is a biological agent – such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite or prion – that can cause disease in a host organism. In simple terms: a pathogen is an infectious microbe ...

Vector-borne diseases represent a major global health challenge, accounting for more than 17% of all infectious diseases and causing over 700,000 deaths annually. These illnesses, such as malaria, ...

An intestinal pathogen reshapes the gut environment to fuel its own colonization and cause diseases, a multi-institutional team including researchers at Vanderbilt Health has discovered. The ...

Hedgehogs, elephants, pangolins, bears or fennec foxes: many wild species are sold as pets, hunting trophies, for traditional medicine, biomedical research, or for their meat or fur. These practices, ...

Over the last half century, diseases carried by insects — such as malaria and dengue, Zika and Lyme disease — have greatly increased. Sociologists Brent Kaup and Kelly Austin argue that the surge in ...