The death of an unvaccinated horse from Hendra virus this week in southeast Queensland is the state’s first reported case in ...

Common symptoms of Nipah virus include fever, headache, dizziness, and loss of consciousness. Cough, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and blurred vision can also occur in rare cases.

Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, no vaccine, and risk of wider global spread.

Twenty new viruses found in bat kidneys in China include strains genetically similar to Nipah and Hendra, alarming experts ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another question ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent global alert following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kerala, India. This zoonotic pathogen, originating in fruit bats a ...

In humans, the infection can cause flu-like symptoms, neurological issues and chronic arthritis if untreated.

Observational studies of psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression have long tied ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over into livestock or even humans. Using genetic sequencing, researchers ...