Research led by the Wuhan Institute of Virology has identified a distinct bat virus lineage capable of infecting human cells ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Chinese lab accused of leaking the COVID-19 virus have now discovered a new coronavirus in bats that closely matches the one that led to the deadly worldwide outbreak in 2020, ...

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New South Wales, Australia This is the first confirmed case of the virus in the ...

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Feb 21 (Reuters) - A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it ...

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It was more than two weeks before doctors even realized what they were treating, the fourth outbreak in five years of the lethal, brain-swelling Nipah virus in India’s Kerala region. By then, hundreds ...

A man in his 50s has reportedly contracted the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat ...

A man in his 50s has reportedly contracted the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest ...