If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be ...

Infections that could trigger severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease have been discovered in bats in China. And ...

As a public health official, Jeong Eun-kyeong is a rare name many South Koreans recognize. While Jeong had served in public ...

Chinese scientists have raised concerns over 20 never-seen-before viruses found in the kidneys of bats mostly found in the Yunnan province of the country. According to researchers, the viruses—closely ...

Researchers have identified 20 new viruses, including two closely related to the deadly nipah and hendra, in bats in ...

The virus, found in bats, belongs to the Merbecovirus group, which also includes MERS-CoV—the virus responsible for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, known to have a fatality rate of around 35%.