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

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 ...

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 ...

A fatal virus has reportedly been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus — thought to be the first "henipavirus" in North ...

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. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for Langya virus.

The Langya henipavirus — or LayV — appears to be jumping from animals in parts of China, nearly three years after the coronavirus pandemic started there.

Langya virus, or Langya henipavirus, has been identified in China—the potentially deadly virus spreads from animals to humans. Here, find symptoms and treatments.

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 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.

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 ...

Researchers at The University of Queensland have identified the first henipavirus in North America.