A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New ...

Australia has recorded its fourth death of the bat lyssavirus — a very rare and fatal virus that can lay dormant for years.

A young Ugandan scientist’s camera footage captured predators feeding on Marburg-carrying bats, revealing a new possible ...

An emerging bat-borne viral disease—one that can be fatal to humans—keeps spilling over into horses, and now scientists have documented how climatic changes and habitat loss are driving this ...

Daszak is a virus hunter. Over the past 10 years, he has visited over 20 countries trying to prevent the next big pandemic by searching bat caves for new pathogens.

The bat virus, referred to as HKU5-CoV-2, uses the same human receptor as SARS-CoV-2, a strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. 4.

New bat virus has been found in China (Freepik) The Covid-19 pandemic had brought the world to a stand still. The SARS-CoV-2 spread like wildfire in 2019 claiming millions of lives and creating a ...

Other features of bats, such as the close-quarter colony living of many species and the extremely low body temperatures of hibernation, also may play key roles in bat-virus dynamics. There is much ...

Health officials in India are on high alert for a rare virus spread by fruit bats that can cause flu-like symptoms and has already killed at least 10, with more than 40 others in quarantine.

Rio Bravo virus, for instance, found among some California bats in 1954 and related to the yellow fever virus, was one. Tacaribe virus, carried by both bats and mosquitoes in Trinidad, was another.

Daszak is a virus hunter. Over the past 10 years, he has visited over 20 countries trying to prevent the next big pandemic by searching bat caves for new pathogens.

Daszak is a virus hunter. Over the past 10 years, he has visited over 20 countries trying to prevent the next big pandemic by searching bat caves for new pathogens.