Airport thermometers, health questionnaires and masked officials are back in parts of Asia as a deadly bat-borne virus ...

Countries across Asia are on high alert after cases of the deadly Nipah virus were detected in India. Though Indian officials ...

Scientists in Bangladesh discovered a new bat-borne virus called PRV in five patients who initially appeared to have Nipah ...

Two cases have been detected in India among health care workers.

SCIENTISTS have identified a hidden bat-borne virus, which they say could be silently infecting people. The bug was ...

UVA infectious disease expert Dr. William Petri explains how the virus spreads and why health officials are on high alert.

Hundreds of thousands of straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) gather at Kasanka National Park, Zambia, creating one of ...

Vietnamese health authorities are stepping up surveillance for the deadly Nipah virus following fresh concerns linked to a ...

This Artibeus fruit bat feasts on sugary fruit every night but these winged mammals don’t suffer from diabetes or other metabolic problems as humans might if we were to gorge on sugar. Some bats like ...

Anyone with a pool knows how easily animals can become stuck swimming in circles. It’s not uncommon to find insects, mice, and even frogs floating around the deep end. Bats are less commonly found in ...