HKU5-CoV-2 is a form of coronavirus that was just detected in bats. The recent study picked up the virus after analyzing a*** swabs taken from a certain type of bat from the genus Pipistrellus.

In a research published in the PLOS Journal, the scientists in China have revealed about some never-before-seen viruses in the bats that live close to humans. These viruses are quite closely related ...

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

Scientists have discovered HKU5-CoV-2, a new bat coronavirus that can infect humans, raising concerns about potential zoonotic spillover and future outbreaks.

What is the New Coronavirus? Some scientists at Wuhan Institute of Virology, China said they had discovered a new coronavirus called HKU5-Cov-2 in bats that has the potential to be transferred to ...

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

Alarmingly, scientists have recently discovered a new coronavirus variant in China, named HKU5-CoV-2, which they say is only a small mutation ... The virus, found in bats, belongs to the Merbecovirus ...

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 ...

Since the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), understanding the mechanisms underlying ...

Scientists have identified dozens of human proteins that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on to replicate ...

A recent study shows that previously healthy children and adolescents who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection face an elevated risk of developing type 1 diabetes in the following 6 months.