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

Kerala has been put on alert after two cases of Nipah virus infection were confirmed, reviving fears of an outbreak that the ...

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 ...

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

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

Health authorities and epidemiologists across the country have issued a warning to equestrian owners to vaccinate their ...

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

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

The virus -- a close relative to rabies, which does not exist in Australia -- is transmitted when bat saliva enters the human ...

The virus, described by NSW Health as a “rabies-like infection”, attacks the central nervous system and is transmitted through bites or scratches from infected bats.

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