A man has died in NSW after being bitten by a bat, in the state’s first confirmed case of the rare - and deadly - disease.

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

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Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — Cases of two zoonotic diseases, rabies and Hantavirus, have been reported at the Grand Canyon.

Shutterstock Image A man is in critical condition after he contracted a rare bat virus while in Australia. It's the first ...

"I didn't take the risk of not getting the vaccine as it's such a deadly disease," the Gen Z traveler told Newsweek.

Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades, lurking on the margins of tropical rainforests in the Caribbean and South America. Sporadic reports of an infection causing fevers, ...

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District found West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Evanston for the first time this ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

About 1 in every 150 people infected develops severe symptoms that can affect the brain, spinal cord and nerves.