The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the infection has not yet been identified in a living person, according to a study … ...

Covid-19 like new bat virus HKU5-CoV hasn’t been detected in humans yet. It has only been identified in a laboratory.

Researchers at Wuhan lab discovered a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which shares entry pathways with SARS-CoV-2 but poses limited risk to humans.

Hayes also addressed concerns that the virus might be similar to another known bat virus known as RaTG13, found by Wuhan researchers.

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 ...

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New ...

An NSW man has died after being bitten by a bat Health authorities have confirmed that it is a rare case of Australian bat ...

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

The origins of COVID-19 remain a mystery as WHO says “Cannot rule out any theory” after an inconclusive study. Many theories about the origins of COVID-19 have been debated extensively since the ...

Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died ...

China’s Yunnan. Two of them are genetically similar to lethal Nipah and Hendra, raising fears of spillover via contaminated fruits or water.