Karnataka has reported its first death of the season due to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), commonly known as monkey fever, renewing concerns over the annual resurgence of the tick-borne viral illness ...

Several monkeys are confirmed loose in St. Louis, and city officials say they still do not know where the animals came from or who owns them.

India lacks a national framework to manage urban monkey populations, even as experts stress that monkey bites are medical ...

For decades, animals have been used in scientific and medical research. Naturally, some supported research on animals, while others wanted nothing more than to set the animals free. For those in the ...

While the Jasper County Sheriff's Department previously said the monkeys carried "hepatitis C, herpes and COVID," Tulane University stated that they had "not been exposed to any infectious agent" ...

"This is the first time we've had a situation dealing with monkeys at large in the city of St. Louis," said a Department of Health official ...

Though a truck carrying monkeys from Tulane University did crash in Jasper County, Mississippi, the university said the escaped animals "aren't infectious." In October 2025, a claim (archived) ...