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

Scientists in China's Yunnan province have discovered 20 new viruses in bats, including two closely related to the deadly ...

Scientists in China have discovered a host of never-before-seen viruses in bats that live near humans. These viruses include ...

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

Every confirmed case in Australia has been fatal. There’s no effective treatment once symptoms present, authorities say, but ...

Australian bat lyssavirus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same group of viruses that causes rabies. It primarily ...

Scientists in China have raised "urgent concerns" after discovering at least 20 never-before-seen viruses in bats that live in orchards near human ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

It turns out, however, that bats also hold their own when it comes to lifespan, with some species living up to 25 years—equivalent to 180 human years—and they tend to do it cancer-free.

The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus several months ago. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

I ntrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China ...