Stretching along the Brazilian coastline, the Atlantic Forest is home to hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, ...

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 ...

A systematic review of more than 200 studies published in BMC Infectious Diseases on human viruses over more than a century ...

The past few decades have seen the emergence of several diseases with drastic public health and economic consequences. Understanding routes of pathogen emergence and transmission is critical to ...

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Here are 17 key administrative recommendations for the prevention of bloodborne pathogen transmission, outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1. Incorporate preventing ...

Suspected Nipah virus cases have been reported, prompting expert warnings about its high fatality and contagious nature.

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 ...

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