More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...

The wildlife trade is expansive. About 25 percent of mammal species are involved in some part of the trade, and scientists ...

We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants to other animals, and it's been said that we are all ...

The global wildlife trade – especially in illegal and live-animal markets – is fueling the spread of diseases from animals to humans, according to a new study. The findings show that traded mammals ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Warmer temperatures are impacting the food supply and its safety, experts warned amid an outbreak of E. coli that has struck McDonald's Quarter Pounders. Experts said pathogens—the ...

When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

Pathogenic bacteria often delay the activation of their virulence program until they are inside the host. Researchers have ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. To estimate the number of illnesses, Scallan Walter and ...

Particles of plastic float in the ocean. Microplastics are able to carry pathogens from land to parts of the ocean they would normally never reach, a UC Davis study found. (Getty) Microplastics are a ...

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy reduces vaccine immunity, with many patients lacking seroprotection despite stable antibody levels.