Over eight per cent of outbreaks reported under India's infectious disease surveillance system between 2018 and 2023 were zoonotic -- spread from animals to humans, such as the COVID-19 pandemic ...

SIQUIJOR, Siquijor (PIA) — The Department of Health (DOH) and the Provincial Health Office here are urging the public to stay vigilant amid detected cases of zoonotic disease in the province. In his ...

Region-wise, the northeast part of the country contributed 35.8 per cent of zoonotic disease outbreaks, followed by the southern (31.7 per cent) and western regions (15.4 per cent), the ...

Emerging infectious diseases, the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and the increasing frequency of zoonotic spillover events underscore the critical ...

Global risks of zoonotic disease are high on policy agendas. Increasingly, Africa is seen as a ‘hotspot’, with likely disease spillovers from animals to humans. This paper explores the social dynamics ...

The zoonotic disease caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is rare but potentially deadly, the DOH said. Melioidosis is "primarily contracted through open wounds, inhalation, ...

Seoul has issued a wild raccoon dog alert as sightings of the animals increase across the city, raising concerns about the spread of zoonotic diseases. In response, city health officials have ...

Companion animal vaccines play a vital role in preventing viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, thereby enhancing animal health, extending life expectancy, and reducing the risk of zoonotic ...

Some microbial infections in companion animals pose a potential risk of zoonotic transmission to humans. The increasing ...

This is important as future pandemics are likely to be the result of zoonotic diseases, as was the case for Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and Covid-19, said Professor Paul Tambyah from ...

Recent research found that canine pet health insurance data can help predict human disease outbreaks up to one year before ...

Melioidosis, a rare but “potentially fatal” zoonotic disease caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, poses significant public health concerns in tropical regions such ...