Cornell's Dr. Laura Goodman helped to identify a new deadly fungal disease in porcupines, adding to the list of species hit by such outbreaks. The newly discovered fungal disease is zoonotic, which means it can be passed on to humans, although there are no documented cases of this occurring.

A newly discovered virus has been found infecting people in China, and it may be transmitted by ticks, according to a new report.

Cornell researchers have developed a new process using nanoscale technology that can detect multiple pathogens at once, and are now adapting this method to more efficiently test different types of ticks for a large number of disease agents.