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 ...

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 ...

A newly identified bat virus has been quietly infecting people in South Asia, slipping past doctors because it looks so much like the deadly brain‑swelling disease caused by Nipah virus. Instead of a ...

Stock image of a flying bat. Twenty brand-new viruses — including two that are genetically similar to known deadly diseases — have been discovered in wild bats in China, raising “urgent concerns” from ...

A newly recognised bat-borne virus in Bangladesh is forcing scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about emerging infections in South Asia. First spotted in patients who looked like classic ...

Trespassers continue ignoring the warnings of a deadly virus lurking within this Uganda cave, and experts are concerned.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: India’s tropical state of Kerala has a message for residents: avoid eating fruit clawed or bitten by bats. The warning is ...

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 ...