Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Nipah-like bat virus in Bangladesh is becoming more deadly, scientists warn A mystery illness in Bangladesh, initially thought ...

A study conducted by Reuters data analysis found that as more people encroach on bat habitats, the risk of viruses that can jump from bats to humans is expected to rise. Viruses can be transported ...

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, ...

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 ...

Health officials around the world have issued an important update on the recent outbreak of the bat-borne Nipah virus after cases were confirmed in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, prompting ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill ...

The newly discovered BRZ batCoV shares a key feature of SARS-CoV-2, one that could allow it or similar viruses to infect human cells. Reading time 3 minutes SARS-CoV-2, the cause of covid-19, isn’t ...

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 ...