According to reports, the rare, rabies-like infection, which spreads from bats to humans through bites or scratches, has now ...

Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, ...

A man has died after contracting an extremely rare, rabies-like bat virus, the fourth death since its discovery almost 30 years ago.

The chair of the WHO's investigative group said that most scientific data supports the hypothesis that the new coronavirus ...

These statistics highlight a serious public health concern related to Covid-19, not only for Bangladesh but also globally. The virus, found in bats, belongs to the Merbecovirus group, which also ...

Scientists in China have discovered a host of never-before-seen viruses in bats that live near humans. These viruses include ...

Concerns about another pandemic and virus outbreak loom as the Chinese researchers found 20 new viruses linked to bats.

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Two new Omicron subvariants are gaining ground in the U.S. as some people report experiencing respiratory symptoms like ...

Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...

This means that the virus traveled up to 2,700 kilometers (1,678 miles) in a pretty short time – too fast for it to be accounted for by natural dispersal via its primary hosts, horseshoe bats.