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Scientists have identified dozens of human proteins that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on to replicate ...
Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...
Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...
A 25-year-old local scientist captured rare footage showing how one of the world’s deadliest viruses could jump from bats to ...
"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist Michael Letko.
Scientists have found 20 new viruses in bats from China’s Yunnan province, including two linked to deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, raising concerns about future disease outbreaks from wildlife to ...
This raises fresh concerns about the risk of animal pathogens infecting people.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
On World Zoonoses Day, the message is clear: the health of humans, animals, and the planet is woven together. By respecting ...
Covid has largely dropped out of the headlines, but the virus that causes it is still circulating. We ask what we should know about a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the state of the Covid pandemic in 2025 ...
Scientists found 22 viruses in total, 20 of which have not been previously recorded. Among them were two henipaviruses closely related to Nipah and Hendra.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2009;8(7):887-898. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused thousands of human infections worldwide and hundreds of deaths in just a few months, and severely impacted ...
Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...