A man in his 50s from northern New South Wales died after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus, marking the state’s first recorded human fatality from the disease. NSW Health confirmed that the man ...

If the world is to reduce the risk of global pandemics, scientists say, we must better manage how we interact with bats, carriers of viruses responsible for some of the worst health crises of recent ...

A man in his 50s has reportedly contracted the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest ...

Although scientists have not determined how covid-19 emerged, the leading theory is zoonotic spillover (transmission from animals). The death toll from covid has given efforts to prevent future ...

WASHINGTON — More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic. Bats ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening ...

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat ...