Doctors fear overcrowding and septic water contamination could lead to a rash of illness among survivors of a landslide that swept away their Maya Indian village this month.

Thousands of people from Panabaj are crammed into churches and houses in the nearby village of Santiago and other towns, while the government races to build temporary housing

Romania and Turkey began the slaughter of thousands of domestic fowl Sunday, as a precaution against the spread of bird flu, after both countries confirm their first cases of the disease over the weekend.

In western Turkey, military police set up roadblocks at the entrance of a village near Balikesir. A two-mile radius was quarantined as veterinarians and other officials began destroying poultry at two turkey farms

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the University of Florida find the sick dogs' disease almost identical to the H3N8 influenza strain that afflicts horses

A South Florida veterinarian plans to aid pets left behind by their owners amid the devastation Hurricane Katrina.

Dr. Bob Buzzetti will lead a small team to New Orleans next week, supplied with donated trucks, cages, food and water

Scientists discover a very common type of dog tick may spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a serious, often-fatal illness that reached historic highs in the US last year.

Two types of ticks were already known to transmit the disease, but these are not as common and are mostly carried by rodents and dogs living in wild or rural areas. This is the first time that a tick found in house pets is pegged as the culprit