Reported today in Scientific Reports by researchers from the University of Sydney, University of Melbourne and State University of New York, the study traces how pressures such as expanding human ...

Hendra virus (HeV) continues to cause fatal infection in horses and threaten infection in close-contact humans in eastern Australia. Species of Pteropus bats (flying-foxes) are the natural reservoir ...

Changes to land and climate caused by humans are to blame for the ongoing spread of dangerous pathogens from bats, a new study says. The international team of authors have presented a stark warning ...

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