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

A Letter to the Editor just published in the New England Journal of Medicine described how the Langya henipavirus (LayV) has left at least 35 people in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China ...

Another dangerous henipavirus is the Hendra virus, which was first detected in Brisbane, Australia and has a fatality rate of 70%, according to Parry.

Researchers have found 20 previously unknown viruses in bat kidneys from China’s Yunnan province. Two of these viruses bear a striking resemblance to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, both of which ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent global alert following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kerala, India. This zoonotic pathogen, originating in fruit bats a ...

Experts have found a new virus that starts in animals and can spread to humans. They first located Langya henipavirus, or Langya virus, in eastern China. Henipaviruses are RNA viruses that start ...

Langya henipavirus, also known as Langya virus, has been detected in China. 35 People have been diagnosed with the virus so far. To date, the virus does not appear to spread between humans. A new ...

The virus is called, Henipavirus and it belongs to the same family of Nipah virus. According to news reports, the virus has been detected in Alabama, North America by researchers at the University ...

The discovery of the Camp Hill virus marks the first detection of a henipavirus in Alabama in North America. This event highlights henipaviruses, a group of highly dangerous pathogens known to ...

The discovery of a henipavirus in North America is highly significant, as it suggests these viruses may be more globally distributed than previously thought." Dr. Rhys Parr, ...

The first known henipavirus, Hendra virus, was identified in Australia in 1994. There have been just seven cases of humans getting infected – four of them were fatal.

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that live in several U.S. states ...