Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a few instances of asymptomatic human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. Widespread in wild birds ...

Q: Last year I learned I had rust on my serviceberry and hawthorn trees. What do I look for this year to prevent that? A: It’s hard to prevent rust infections on vulnerable plants unless you are ...

Two people sharing a home caught the virus without known exposure to animals. More than 30 human cases have been reported in the United States. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes A Missouri ...

Non-persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are characterized by a sharp increase in viral load followed by a long plateau, according to a new study. Non-persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) ...

It is important to continue to scout for diseases in both corn and soybeans. Recent rain events have increased favorable environmental conditions for the development of foliar diseases in both crops.

Backed by the Gates Foundation, the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System is on the front lines, looking for early signals of crop-killing rust infections. When Dave Hodson walked through wheat ...

If one picture is worth a thousand words, then the video Iowa farmer Dan Striegel shot last week must be worth thousands more. In the video, Striegel is shown harvesting a field of emerald-green corn ...

Stripe rust expert Xianming Chen recently detected a 30-foot hot spot of stripe rust in a Franklin County, Wash., field in what he predicts could be the most severe rust season since 2016. “This year ...