(WXYZ) — A new study revealed that more patients than expected had severe cases of a disease called Q fever. This study hopes to shed light on this health concern ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over a 10-year period, 31 adult patients were identified as having Q fever at Mayo Clinic. Patients presented ...

The bacterium that causes Q fever, an infectious disease that humans contract from animals, is associated with an increased risk of lymphoma, according to a study. The bacterium that causes Q fever, ...

More than half of all infectious diseases in humans originate from animals. Many of these zoonotic diseases that we hear often about, such as Ebola, Rabies, Rift Valley fever and Covid-19, are caused ...

A former British soldier is suing the Ministry of Defence after contracting Q fever while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Wayne Blass claims he contracted the disease while diving into ...

Decades after it stopped using the animal-borne bacteria that causes the disease Q fever as a biological weapon, the Pentagon is still trying to develop a vaccine to protect troops from the highly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Five Americans came down with an unusual illness after traveling to Germany for a controversial treatment involving injections with sheep cells, health officials reported Wednesday.

Query (Q) fever is a zoonotic illness caused by Coxiella burnetii. It is transmitted by inhalation or ingestion. The disease may be acquired by the respiratory or digestive route. The clinical ...

Authorities are urging livestock workers to take precautions after a rise in cases of Q fever — a potentially serious disease ...

Australian health experts are taking serious lessons from an outbreak of Q fever in goats and people in the Netherlands in 2010. The disease spread from milking goats, with infected straw spread over ...

The sheep (Ovis aries) is somewhat less common than smaller species in laboratory settings, but personnel who work with sheep or in a facility that houses sheep should be aware that certain zoonotic ...