Australia has recorded its fourth death of the bat lyssavirus — a very rare and fatal virus that can lay dormant for years.

Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died ...

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New ...

In a research published in the PLOS Journal, the scientists in China have revealed about some never-before-seen viruses in the bats that live close to humans. These viruses are quite closely related ...

Australian man dies from rare infection caused by ‘rabies-like’ bat virus - Fatality is only the fourth case ever recorded in ...

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

Health authorities have urged people to stay away from bats, warning that there is “no effective treatment” for the rare ...

The man dies several months after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus – a pathogen closely related to rabies ...

Summer is a time to be vigilant of the rabies virus present in bats.  Bats can spread rabies to other wildlife, unvaccinated ...

There are warnings that Australians need to avoid touching bats they come across in the wild, after the death of a man in New ...

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