Researchers have found that bats' strong immune systems allow them to harbor deadly viruses like Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, and ...

Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

Five years removed from the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world are still studying its effects and, more importantly, ways those effects can be mitigated in the future.

Bats harbor many viruses that can spill over into humans, including Marburg, Ebola, and famously SARS-CoV-2. But while these ...

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...

Henipaviruses can infect many animals, including bats, horses, monkeys, dogs, cats and even rodents. This means they are more ...

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.

The illness is spread by the Marburg virus, which is found in the urine, saliva and excrement of Egyptian rousette bats. The virus can pass to humans through contact with these substances.

The researchers then focused on bat species whose NPC1 proteins bind strongly to the Ebola virus glycoprotein and live in regions where previous Ebola outbreaks have occurred. This helps narrow ...

A human protein that holds bird flu viruses at bay The study also highlights intriguing species-specific and virus-specific differences in bats’ antiviral defences that cannot be explained by ...

A congressional subcommittee hearing last week scrutinized taxpayer-funded animal testing and gain-of-function research, with ...