Scientists from Brazil have identified a novel coronavirus that shares similarities with the virus that causes Middle East ...

A new coronavirus has been found in bats in Brazil, but it's unclear what threat it poses to people. The illness shows ...

A team of scientists in Wuhan have reported the discovery of a new bat-borne coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission. Named HKU5-CoV-2, it is capable of entering human ...

New bat coronavirus in China: A team of Chinese researchers, led by 'batwoman' Shi Zhengli discovered a new bat coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 which could potentially impact the health of human beings.

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between ...

While researchers are still trying to get a grasp on the situation, the WHO's Africa office has traced back the first outbreak in the town of Boloko after three children ate a bat carcass and died ...

White Nose Syndrome is described as the most catastrophic wildlife disease to ever hit North America. Here is how two women are working to prevent the spread of this highly-contagious disease.

According to the WHO's Africa office, the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours following hemorrhagic fever symptoms. There have long ...