Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity ...

Tropical cyclones—also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and intensity—are among the world's most destructive and costly climate disasters.

Beyond direct injuries, exposure to tropical cyclones is associated with higher risks of death across a range of causes ...

As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, resources are being sucked away from the fight against a host of debilitating ...

Over 60% of human infectious diseases come from animals. Learn what zoonotic diseases are, how they are transmitted, and why ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Thursday launch a plan to combat 20 diseases that affect the world's poorest people, seeking to prevent recent progress being erased by the impact of ...

International travel exposes millions to skin diseases acquired abroad, with dermatologic disorders ranking as the third most common health problem for returning travellers. Tropical and subtropical ...

An analysis of deaths in the wake of tropical cyclones in nine countries has found that the highest increase of 92 per cent ...

A resident of New York has contracted the state's first known case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya disease acquired locally, officials said. The person infected in Long Island likely got the virus ...

AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking what may become the next threat to lives and property in the Caribbean, Central America and potentially the United States before the end of October in the ...

Tropical Storm Jerry was labeled by National Hurricane Center forecasters as "disheveled" and hours later Oct. 11 was only remnants in the Atlantic. A new tropical disturbance is in the Atlantic and ...