Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

The virus, spread by ticks, can cause a disease that leads to swelling of the brain and permanent health problems in half of severe cases.

Wild Africa, a conservation nonprofit, has called for urgent and consistent action to reduce the risk of future pandemics by ...

Recruitment initiated into the Phase 2 opaganib plus darolutamide study in patients with advanced prostate cancer, sponsored ...

A Tiverton-based engineer has been lending his support to a grassroots campaign in Sierra Leone as the country grapples with ...

As the world marks World Zoonoses Day today, Wild Africa is calling for urgent and consistent action to reduce the risk of ...

Writing in the latest edition of the journal, the editors argue that the Trump administration’s recent dismantling of public ...

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Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

The zoonotic spillover theory suggests that SARS-CoV-2, a virus that infects primarily animals, was passed on to humans at a wet market in Wuhan, China. The lab theory speculates that the virus leaked ...