Chronic wasting disease: Death of 2 hunters in US raises fear of 'zombie deer'

The 2022 deaths of two hunters who ate venison infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) has raised concerns the illness could pass to humans. Read More

Infection articles from across Nature Portfolio

Infection is the invasion by and multiplication of 'foreign' microorganisms that can cause pathological conditions or diseases in the host organism. Exercise could affect the immune system, but ... Read More

Contaminated deer meat may have caused 2 hunters' deadly brain diseases

A new report calls for further study into a possible link between chronic wasting disease in deer and a rare and deadly brain disease in humans. Read More

Endangered Species

Wildlife experts are bringing butterflies back to the Presidio National Park in San Francisco as part of an effort to restore native ecosystems The Latest The Biden administration has restored ... Read More

Cell Biology News

Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers have revealed the regulatory mechanism of a specific protein, TRBP, that plays a key role in balancing the immune response triggered by viral infections in mammal cells. Read More

COVID 19 INFECTION

Mock drills were held at health facilities across India on Tuesday to check operational readiness to deal with any spurt in COVID-19 infection ... Follow us for the latest news, insider access ... Read More

Comment: Species helped most by Endangered Species Act is us

Scientists around the world are telling us that we are on track to lose a million or more species in ... When we give nature a chance, it can rebound. More good news: Even in today’s ... Read More

ISIS-K could slip through US border and carry out Moscow-style attack, US official warns

ISIS-K terrorists could cross America’s porous borders, and carry out an attack like the Moscow concert hall mass shooting that killed 143 people, a US counter-terrorism official and experts warned. Read More

Longest case of COVID-19 was breeding ground for mutations, study shows

An immune-compromised man with a year-and-a-half-long COVID-19 infection served as a breeding ground for dozens of coronavirus mutations, a new study discovered. Read More

This US state is not covered by the NATO treaty. Some experts say that needs to change

If a foreign power attacked Hawaii – say the US Navy’s base at Pearl Harbor or the headquarters of the Indo-Pacific Command northwest of Honolulu – the members of the North Atlantic Treaty ... Read More

US tuberculosis cases in 2023 were at highest level in a decade, CDC says

Data from the agency shows nearly 10,000 infections in 2013 ... "Although TB incidence in the United States is among the lowest in the world and most U.S. residents are at minimal risk, TB ... Read More