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

A few of them include: Plague spreads from Yersinia pestis bacterium ... handling habits and by washing your hands after ...

Sylvatic plague (introduced to North America around 1900) also poses a grave danger to these animals, with up to 98 percent mortality in affected colonies. AWI is partnering with the Humane Society of ...