The discovery of a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear has sent alarm bells ringing. Scientists fear that the tiny worms known for causing blindness can also affect humans in the near future.

Worms that live in eyes and are transmitted by flies can reach humans, experts fear

It is a well-established fact that some of the deadliest diseases that have afflicted humans actually originated from pathogens that leapt from animals to humans.

We are the infectors: Humans pass on viruses to animals twice than the other way around!

A new study has warned that the diseases which get transmitted from animals to humans can increase the count of people who lost their lives in 2020 by 12 times if there is a breakout in the year 2050.

Human deaths from animal-to-human diseases to multiply 12 times by 2050: Study

A team of American researchers has identified a new variant of coronavirus in Russian bats that is capable of infecting people. They have voiced concern that the virus called "Khosta-2" may be "completely resistant" to all coronavirus vaccinations now on the market and is just waiting to jump from bats to humans.

What is Khosta-2, the 'vaccine-resistant' severe Covid-like virus scientific community is panicking about?

Monkeypox and Covid-19 have raised awareness around the world about Zoonotic diseases which are passed between the animals and human beings. The Ugandan government has now built laboratories that track Zoonotic diseases in national park where communities live very close to a wide variety of wildlife.

New Ugandan lab gives early alerts for Zoonotic diseases

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