As pet owners, we dread the day our companions show signs of illness, but a vet has explained everything you need to know.

A recent study conducted on human A(H5N1) cases in the United States found that conjunctivitis was the primary symptom ...

Learn why raccoons are seen during the day on Long Island and the difference between rabies and canine distemper in wildlife.

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers ...

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health confirmed over the weekend the detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, at a commercial egg layer in Jackson County.

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the state decades ago, but now officials are warning it may be poised to return.

The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human ...

Type A flu or influenza A viruses can infect animals, but it is more common for people to fall sick from this type of flu. Wild birds commonly act as the hosts for this flu virus. Type A flu virus ...

Hand, foot, and mouth disease, caused by the Coxsackie virus, is another infectious disease that is spread through open sores in the mouth. This is a type of enterovirus, which is a common infection ...

Other animals can transmit rabies and tetanus. Rodents such as mice, rats, squirrels, chipmunks, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, and rabbits are at low risk of carrying rabies, but they can transmit ...

Researchers have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis ... in calcium signaling affect rotavirus disease severity, providing new insights ...