At present, the virus is found in bats, but with a small mutation, it could start spreading among people. This virus is similar to MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The World Health ...

If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be ...

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

Animal diseases are increasingly jumping across species barriers, with outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubling in ...

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists ...

Infections that could trigger severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease have been discovered in bats in China. And ...

According to the World Health Organisation, about 35 per cent of people infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome die.

Chinese scientists have raised concerns over 20 never-seen-before viruses found in the kidneys of bats mostly found in the Yunnan province of the country. According to researchers, the viruses—closely ...

Researchers have identified 20 new viruses, including two closely related to the deadly nipah and hendra, in bats in ...

As a public health official, Jeong Eun-kyeong is a rare name many South Koreans recognize. While Jeong had served in public ...

The point of concern, although, is fixated on its similarity to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) which is highly infectious among humans.