Cancer is a leading cause of death in both humans and pets; studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of all dogs ...

Individual dogs’ personalities, and how we interpret their behaviors, may be key to disease sniffing at scale. Billy, a floppy-eared little beagle, darts around a platform sniffing a series of holes.

Dogs have the potential to detect cancer at an early stage, which is crucial for generating positive clinical outcomes. Hackensack Meridian Health has entered a partnership with SpotitEarly to study ...

Two trained dogs learned to detect Parkinson’s disease by sniffing scent samples from human skin. They were part of a study aiming to improve early diagnosis of the condition. Bumper and Peanut ...

Meet Jodie. Hailing from Oxfordshire, this affectionate yellow labrador lives with Caroline, her foster parent. She adores a tummy rub and isn’t fussy about who gives them to her. Jodie loves to play ...

A total of 175 sock samples were tested, including those of 30 malaria-positive children identified by the study using finger-prick tests and 145 from uninfected children. “While our findings are at ...

Trained dogs were able to detect Parkinson’s disease from skin swabs with up to 80% accuracy. This method could lead to a faster, non-invasive way to diagnose the disease earlier. Researchers hope it ...

Fifty-six dog and handler teams. Three locations. Two days of searches and testing. All to explore opportunities for improving resources for K9 standards and training of bomb-sniffing dogs. The ...