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

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

An urgent warning has been issued after a whopping 22 new viruses were found – in bats. According to new research coming from China, the 22 viruses were found in the kidney tissue of 142 bats found in ...

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District found West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Evanston for the first time this ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

The newly discovered 20 new bat viruses, include close relatives of deadly henipaviruses, raising global public health ...

About 1 in every 150 people infected develops severe symptoms that can affect the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

Illinois has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials say. The person, who lives in ...

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

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — The New Bedford Health Department and Animal Control is warning residents that a raccoon recently ...

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump A new COVID-19 variant, called NB.1.8.1, is emerging in the United States as summer approaches. First detected at the end of April, the Omicron offshoot has now ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed Illinois’ first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of 2025 in an individual from Southern Illinois who ...