While the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, another, far deadlier one remains in the shadows. African swine fever, which has existed for over 100 years, kills millions o...
07/30/2020While infectious disease outbreaks are generally understudied in marine mammals compared to their terrestrial counterparts, a new study points to certain environmental factors a...
07/02/2020Although the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonotic disease—that is, one of animal origin—it currently infects only humans, with the exception of a few rare cases. But scien...
06/23/2020A new strain of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus is spreading throughout the southwestern United States. This deadly disease is wreaking havoc on populations of both common...
05/26/2020Hamsters, which are naturally susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, have been used to test the effectiveness of masks in combating the spread of the novel coronavirus. Fifteen years ago, r...
05/19/2020Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which caused the COVID-19 pandemic, several animal species have already tested positive, including cats, dogs, and big...
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