As natural predators, cats ... a bite anytime they get a puncture wound because "cats' mouths are chock-full of bacteria." Owners needs to monitor the redness and puffiness and watch for infection.

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a family suffering from illnesses that ...

Animals most commonly transmit rabies to humans through bites. It is possible ... of rabies vaccines to prevent the infection from progressing. Rabies in cats isn't obvious right away.

On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...

Toxoplasmosis is a common infection from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It appears in many species of animals, but cats are the most common that transmit the parasite to humans.

In one household, an infected cat might have transmitted the virus to a human adolescent, according to a copy of the data obtained by The New York Times. In another, an infected farmworker with ...