Zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, malaria, and rabies, are illnesses that can spread from animals to people and vice versa.

Zoonotic pathogens present a major global health problem. Humans have close relations with domestic and agricultural animals, as well as those residing in the natural world. Zoonotic diseases. Image ...

In recent decades, the global landscape of health has shifted dramatically. Pandemics, climate change, food insecurity and ...

Every year, the world loses about $500 billion in terms of lives lost and economic slowdowns due to emerging zoonotic diseases. The cost to take preventative actions: $20 billion. COVID-19 has taken a ...

Anyone who has been on the planet for the last four years will know how viruses that evolve to jump across species, given the right conditions, can rapidly become a serious global crisis. While ...

The eco-epidemiology of zoonoses is far more than just host-pathogen interactions. To dig deeper into these events, researchers have dissected the complex interactions involved in zoonoses. They ...

Contact with non-traditional pets increases the risk of exposure to zoonotic pathogens, which are pathogens that spread between animals and people. The National Association of State Public Health ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The obvious lesson from the pandemic is the lack of ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 years ...

Researchers are urging adaptive ecosystem restoration, which implements key considerations for minimizing the zoonotic ...