Avian flu, mad cow disease, hantavirus, black plague and other notorious ailments originated with animals and made the jump ...

Key points A 40-year-old man was referred to our internal medicine clinic for assessment of a 3-month history of unintentional weight loss and daily night sweats with subjective fevers. He had been ...

In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short.

Researchers from Auburn University, in a landmark collaboration with Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), the world's ...