Bats are reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses, such as Ebola and coronaviruses. These pathogens can spread to humans ...

Mosquitoes typically spread disease, rather than prevent it, but Chinese scientists have proposed using the insects as an unlikely vector to deliver vaccines to bats.

Scientists fed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes blood laced with weakened rabies and Nipah viruses, then let those insects bite bats ...

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers tested a novel approach to mitigate deadly bat-borne viruses from jumping into ...

But scientists say there are practical and ethical challenges to overcome before the strategy could be deployed in real-world settings.

If previous outbreaks of coronavirus are any indication, the Wuhan strain that is now spreading may eventually be traced back to bats. Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, who has been ...

Bats in the tropics of the Americas are a reservoir for morbilliviruses—a genus of RNA viruses that includes the human measles virus. However, their role in spreading morbilliviruses to other ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A mystery illness in Bangladesh, initially thought to be a Nipah infection outbreak, is actually due to another emerging and potentially deadly bat-borne virus, scientists warned in a new study.

The uniqueness of bats / Paul A. Racey -- Viruses in bats : a historic view / Charles H. Calisher -- Bat iyssaviruses / Ivan Kuzmin and Charles Rupprecht -- Bat paramyxoviruses / Danielle E. Anderson ...

Bats in orchard. Credit: Kuang et al., 2025, PLOS Pathogens, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Researchers have discovered two new viruses in bats that ...