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

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 ...

20 new bat viruses discovered in China's fruit orchard amidst ongoing COVID surge; Are humans at risk?

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 ...

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

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

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

A new coronavirus has just been detected in bats. Lab tests show the virus can infect human cells, but experts say not to be concerned. Here’s everything we know so far. Given everything that ...

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the covid-19 pandemic started released its final ...

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

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 ...

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