Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists ...

People are asking if the Nipah virus is real, after words spread about the zoonotic virus that has an estimated 40-70 percent ...

The origins of COVID-19 remain a mystery as WHO says “Cannot rule out any theory” after an inconclusive study.

Deadly Brain Virus Found In China: Concerns about another pandemic and virus outbreak loom as the Chinese researchers found 20 new viruses linked to bats. TheHealthSite.com ...

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 man in his 50s from northern New South Wales has died after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus, marking the first known ...

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has found no ...

A new virus bearing an unsettling resemblance to COVID-19 has been discovered in bats in China, prompting scientists to sound the alarm. While the virus currently poses no threat to humans, its ...

All hypotheses on how the COVID-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said Friday, following an ...

The concern, though, is that a mutation in the spike protein of HKU5 viruses could allow them to bind to ACE2 receptors in other species, including humans. The natural host for these viruses in Asia ...

A Chinese study uncovered two novel viruses in bat kidneys capable of causing respiratory problems and fatal brain inflammation in humans.