"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist Michael Letko.

Indian pharmaceutical industry defends Covid-19 vaccines amid concerns, emphasizing global standards, safety, and efficacy to ...

New WHO report suggests COVID-19 originated from animal-to-human transmission, though Director-General Tedros maintains all ...

Given everything that happened with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s understandable to feel nervous when you hear about a new virus. Now, reports are swirling about a new coronavirus detected in bats ...

New Bat Virus Could Spread to Humans Like COVID-19 Scientists have discovered HKU5-CoV-2, a new bat coronavirus that can infect humans, raising concerns about potential zoonotic spillover and ...

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists worried about another possible pandemic. This virus originated in bats, as ...

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has found no definitive answer ...

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

All hypotheses on how the COVID-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said Friday, following an ...

Researchers discovered 20 new viruses and two henipaviruses closely related to deadly Nipah and Hendra strains in Yunnan bats.