Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly outbreaks in humans. Found in fruit bats near villages, these viruses may ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over into livestock or even humans. Using genetic sequencing, researchers ...

Chinese researchers have discovered at least 20 new viruses in bats from China’s Yunnan province. At least two of these viruses are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, raising ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from Wuhan, China, found that various insectivorous bat species in central China were natural hosts or reservoirs ...