A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a ...

A northern NSW man has become the fourth person to die of lyssavirus in Australia. The disease is incredibly rare but ...

African swine fever virus is transmitted by ticks of the genus Ornithodoros to common warthogs (Phacochoerus spp.) when they feed on the wild animals’ blood. Domestic pigs (Sus scofra domesticus) can ...

Coronavirus infections have been found in at least 32 animal species in 39 countries. Some can transmit the virus to humans.

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that live in several U.S. states ...

A new paper provides a stark reminder that the virus responsible for COVID-19 is still spreading, with 9 animals out of 47 testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at a zoo in Brazil.

Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scientists are on alert for changes in the H5N1 or bird flu virus that could signal it is adapting to spread among humans. The virus has caused serious, sometimes fatal, infections among people ...

Purdue University has received $2.7 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to develop a field test that can measure and ...

An animal virus outbreak that has cantered into Ventura County has brought cancellations of two horse shows at the August county fair.

More surveillance is needed of a new virus detected in dozens of people in eastern China that may not cause the next pandemic but suggests just how easily viruses can travel unnoticed from animals ...

A new animal-borne virus has been discovered in Alabama. But the creature that carries it can be found along parts of the Atlantic seaboard, as far north as southern Saskatchewan, Canada, as far ...