Beagles are known as good hunters. So why not send them in search of deadly bacteria? That’s what Dutch doctors are hoping to do by training the dogs’ famously sensitive sense of smell to sniff out ...

People who are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus have a distinct odour that can be detected by trained dogs with a high degree of accuracy, according to new research. This is the most complete study ...

Dogs have up to 300 million olfactory receptors, compared with about 5 to 6 million in humans, giving them a sense of smell that is tens of thousands of times stronger than ours. That's why, along ...

Outside HCA HealthONE Rose medical center in Denver, the snow is flying. Inside, on the third floor, there's a flurry of activity at Labor and Delivery. "There's a lot of action up here. It can be ...

We’ve known for some time that dogs can be trained to detect some types of human cancer. In a new study, researchers have shown that our best friends are also able to smell bladder cancer in other ...

Dogs are capable of using their nose for many tasks: hunting, retrieval, and finding that cookie crumb you dropped beneath the couch. Now we can add “mussel sniffing” to the list. The California ...

Doctors and nurses have been dealing for a long time with high levels of burnout and stress. One hospital in Denver is trying something new - bringing specially trained dogs to work alongside staff.