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

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

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

Concerns about another pandemic and virus outbreak loom as the Chinese researchers found 20 new viruses linked to bats.

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 ...

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 ...

Emerging bat virus in China shows signs of another pandemic, scientists warn it's 'just a step away' Unlike SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, MERS outbreaks have been relatively ...

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

A group of bat viruses closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) could be one small mutation away from being capable of spilling over into human ...

American researchers suspect of a new COVID-19 variant discovered in China that could lead to another pandemic. Scientists warn that the new HKU5-CoV-2 virus is just one ‘small’ mutation away ...