A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

Diseases started jumping from animals to humans at least 6,500 years ago, researchers found in a new study of ancient DNA. After analyzing ancient DNA from 1,313 prehistoric humans from Europe and ...

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi destroyed all but three monkeys that at last report were still on the loose after escaping from an overturned truck that was transporting them.

Chickens are able to pass bird flu to humans. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Avian flu, mad cow disease, hantavirus, black plague and other notorious ailments originated with animals and made the ...

Changes to land use can directly heighten the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans, new University of Stirling–led research has shown. The study, led by Dr. Adam Fell of the University's ...

Wild animals across the globe are increasingly contracting diseases that were once considered uniquely human problems, from respiratory infections to diabetes and even mental health conditions. It’s ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists are sounding an alarm after three striped dolphins stranded on east Oʻahu in June tested positive for a dangerous infection. The dolphins ...

New research suggests that some forest restoration can lead to a short-term rise in the transmission of zoonotic diseases like malaria.

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...