Officials suspect wild migrating birds are likely to blame for the first known infection of a flock in Hawaii, which had been the last state in the country with no reported cases in poultry or wild ...

Modern-style houses turn out to be attractive roosts for bats, which may carry pathogens that could one day jump to humans and trigger the next pandemic.

Multiple animals have died in Spokane County from different contagious diseases in recent months, stated agencies.

Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies. “We have changed ...

Your garden plants are going to sleep for the winter. Unfortunately, so are the pathogens that cause diseases that attack them. Plant pathogens include fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. Bacteria ...

The state confirmed Friday that highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a backyard flock of various birds in ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble holds a news conference Thursday to discuss the recent detection of avian influenza virus in a wastewater sample from ...

Symptoms of avian influenza may include fever, cough, sore throat and conjunctivitis. Antiviral flu treatment is recommended ...

What’s more, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is currently the only approved method of diagnosing mpox. It is expensive, ...

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another.

Born from the COVID-19 pandemic, a viral-agnostic approach blends sequencing research and public health to get ahead of bird ...

Ten years ago, a mysterious new disease was found sweeping through Hawaii’s native ‘ohi‘a forests, killing off the foundation ...