Andrew Nierer was hiking along a trail near his house in Pennsylvania when the aggressive bear started stalking him up the mountain. That's when the bear started attacking him. Thankfully, Nierer's ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases Of South Africa (NICD) has issued an alert regarding rising rabies cases in ...

Health officials in Khon Kaen have moved to calm public fears after reports of rabies-infected beef sparked concerns about food safety.

Fans of The Hunger Games novels and movies remember feeling devastated at the loss of several characters from the beginning ...

India experiences the world’s absolute burden of at least 11 NTDs, including hookworm, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearing took place on Wednesday, an Akron Press Club panel spoke on Trump's ...

A Starbucks employee in Mobile, Ala., had to have stitches and rabies vaccinations on Jan. 10 after a pet Aotus monkey jumped out of a car at the drive-thru window and into the restaurant.

Animals are all around us. Because of their proximity, many people take for granted how truly dangerous some animals really ...

The origin of Groundhog Day in America traces to the fervent religious beliefs of German-speaking immigrants in the 1800s.

Despite the Federal Government’s ambitious plan for the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) and promises to eradicate the plague ...

Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the testing for the avian influenza virus.

N.C. State Lab of Public Health notified Rutherford County Health Department on Jan. 30 that a skunk that had been tested from the High Shoals/Cool Springs Community of Forest City ...