By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on epizootic yellow fever in monkeys in Paraná state, Brazil, The State Department of Health confirmed eight deaths of monkeys from infection with the yellow...

For more than 20 years, scientists at Scripps Research have chipped away at the challenges of designing an HIV vaccine. Now new research, published in Immunity, shows that their experimental vaccine strategy...

Researchers have developed a model that predicts which of the viruses that can jump from animals to people can also be transmitted from person to person–and are therefore possible sources of human...

Ebola virus can infect the reproductive organs of male and female macaques, according to a study published in The American Journal of Pathology,suggesting that humans could be similarly infected. Prior...

A steep rise in human cases of P. knowlesi malaria in Malaysia is likely to be linked to deforestation and associated environmental changes, according to new research published in Emerging Infectious Diseases....

Philippines Bureau of Animal Industry officials announced today that macaque exports have been suspended after reports of 11 monkeys dying, with at least one of the dead monkeys confirmed positive for...

The following information concerning bushmeat and Ebola transmission was published by the CDC yesterday in a flyer: Bushmeat The term “bushmeat” refers to meat that comes from wild animals captured...