It’s dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, ...

A newly identified bat virus has been quietly infecting people in South Asia, slipping past doctors because it looks so much like the deadly brain‑swelling disease caused by Nipah virus. Instead of a ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

An emerging bat-borne viral disease—one that can be fatal to humans—keeps spilling over into horses, and now scientists have documented how climatic changes and habitat loss are driving this process.

Indian health officials are scrambling to contain a deadly virus after five cases of the incurable disease were detected near one of the country's biggest cities. The bat-borne Nipah virus has been ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a new bat virus that they fear is already spreading in humans. The infection was spotted in people presumed to have been struck down with Nipah virus – another bat-borne ...