Health Minister Veena George has confirmed that 425 individuals have been placed on the Nipah virus contact list across the ...

New Delhi: An Australian man in his 50s has died after being bitten by an “extremely rare” bat virus that caused rabies-like ...

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 ...

The U.S. lacks a formal warning system to alert the public about lab leaks, but under new guidance implemented Sunday, ...

Most scientific data supports the hypothesis that the new coronavirus jumped to humans from animals, according to the final ...

A new COVID variant called "Nimbus" is spreading. Here's what you need to know about the incubation period, symptoms ...

I ntrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China ...

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.