A vaccine in development may slow the spread of Nipah virus, which kills up to 75 percent of the people it sickens, but ...

While the virus has the potential to infect humans, no real-world cases have been identified, and it does not enter human ...

Bat Virus Evolution Suggests Wildlife Trade Sparked COVID-19 Virus Emergence in Humans Jack Knudson is an assistant editor at Discover with a strong interest in environmental science and history.

Man with Rare Bat Virus in Critical Condition After Being 'Bitten Several Months Ago,' Say Authorities A man in his 50s has reportedly contracted the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus ...

Health officials are working to alert hundreds of people in dozens of states and several countries who may have been exposed ...

OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) – Health officials in Outagamie County are urging residents to take precautions after a bat in the county recently tested positive for rabies. In a release sent out on ...

"Out of an abundance of caution," health officials are recommending all children at a Brantford, Ont., daycare get treated ...

In contacting the hotel guests, officials will determine if someone is at risk based on physical contact with the bats or if ...

This virus originated in bats, as most scientists believe Covid-19 did, and for now, the research has stressed that it is unable to do much damage to humans. But a potential viral mutation may ...

A rabid bat was discovered in the Upstate near Oak Branch Drive and Open Range Lane in Greenville, officials said. The bat ...

The virus -- a close relative to rabies, which does not exist in Australia -- is transmitted when bat saliva enters the human body through a bite or scratch.

The virus that causes COVID-19 arrived in Wuhan, China from its place of origin too quickly for its horseshoe bat hosts to have carried it there — a dispersal pattern consistent with that of ...