Dogs could be trained to detect malaria in humans by sniffing their socks, new research suggests. Scientists believe the findings of the new study, the first in which animals have demonstrated the ...

LONDON - In a lab room, two-year-old springer spaniel Freya bustles along a row of vials positioned on stands, sniffing each for signs of disease. The vials all contain pieces cut from socks, one of ...

Sniffer dogs trained using smelly socks to pick up “corona odour” can identify people infected with the virus with greater accuracy than lateral flow tests, scientists say. But experts have cautioned ...

CONCORD, Calif. - Scarlett is suited up and ready to learn. The Labrador starts her school day on a training wheel, stopping at each can as she walks by. She sniffs for her target and finds it, ...