Michael Peel’s Big Read (January 10) comment that approximately three-quarters of emerging or re-emerging infectious pathogens are zoonotic should serve as a stark warning for governments to ...

Single-celled organisms in the environment are protecting pathogenic bacteria and priming them for human infection, an international team of researchers has discovered. Microorganisms such as protozoa ...

Testing wastewater samples is one of the primary methods for assessing infectious disease prevalence in populations. By collecting and testing samples from various water treatment plants, scientists ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching an institute to track disease-spreading infectious pathogens at the genetic ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Global estimates showed that 85 pathogens were ...

Another pandemic like COVID-19 is all but guaranteed, according to public health experts. Whether it happens next year or a decade from now, these massive public health emergencies naturally happen on ...

With the country’s near-total return to normalcy after years of quarantine and isolation measures, the Covid pandemic increasingly feels like a distant memory for many. But infectious disease experts ...

Regulations imposed by federal and state agencies require that employers develop policies and procedures to address the handling, storage and disposal of infectious materials. On-the-job exposure to ...