Insights and Stories on Zoonotic Disease

Close up of a syringe veterinarin is holding to vaccinate a cow in a barn.

Changing spread, prevalence of animal diseases causes new challenges for food, agriculture

May. 28, 2025 at 10:22 am CDT

Animal health is a critical component of public health, food security and economic stability in an increasingly interconnected world, says the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in its inaugural report.

Germany confirms first case of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years

Jan. 10, 2025 at 9:40 am CST

By Reuters

Dairy bird flu cases creep closer to Canada

Apr. 1, 2024 at 10:49 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Dairy farms urged to take precautions against bird flu

Mar. 28, 2024 at 12:40 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Bird flu strain raises alarm as virus kills South American wildlife

Mar. 13, 2024 at 10:27 am CDT

By Jake Spring Reuters

US is ’18 months or so’ away from finding bird flu vaccine, says agriculture secretary

Feb. 14, 2024 at 2:10 pm CST

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is "18 months or so" away from identifying a vaccine for the current strain of bird flu and is developing a process to distribute it, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:23 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country’s health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low. A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with […]