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 recently discovered bat virus, capable of infecting humans, has sparked concerns about potential zoonotic transmission in Thailand. The controversial research group behind this finding, EcoHealth Alliance, previously linked to experiments in Wuhan, reported the discovery during a World Health Organisation (WHO) meeting, reported IANS.

Thailand: Traces of new deadly bat virus which can infect humans found inside cave, says report

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

Brucella canis, an incurable disease found in dogs, is spreading to humans in the United Kingdom. As reported by The Telegraph, the disease that is without a cure and causes infertility in dogs was previously only observed in imported animals.

An incurable disease is on the prowl in UK, and it can spread from dogs to humans

In Australia, a medical case has left doctors and neurosurgeons flabbergasted as a 64-year-old woman was found to have a live parasitic roundworm living in her brain.

From snakes to humans: Live parasitic roundworm discovered in Australian woman's brain

Since January, 'cat island' Cyprus has lost hundreds of thousands of its feline population to a fatal strain of coronavirus called the Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP).

Cyprus to use human Covid vaccine to save cat population from fatal coronavirus strain

On 'cat island' Cyprus, a strain of coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the cat population. In recent months, the disease, which is a feline strain of the coronavirus has rapidly spread across the island.

Explained: Strain of coronavirus turning Cyprus into 'island of dead cats'. Can the virus infect humans?

The CDC has been accused of not warning American citizens about monkeys imported from Cambodia which carried deadly pathogens.

Gravitas: CDC accused of importing infected macaques

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?

Amid Monkeypox outbreak, WHO warns about rising number of 'zoonotic' diseases. Here's what it means

People living close to goat farms in the Netherlands are falling sick. An outbreak of Q fever between 2007 to 2010 infected thousands of people, and 95 people died due to complications including heart failure.

New disease causing sickness among Dutch living near goat farms: Scientists

Researchers say it will majorly improve our understanding of how disease spreads from animals to people

Scientists' new model uses climate change to predict outbreaks of diseases