Shi Zhengli, a leading virologist, became known as "Bat Woman" for her work on coronaviruses. She has spent decades studying bat-borne diseases, tracing their origins, and analyzing their potential ...

Stock image of a flying bat. Twenty brand-new viruses — including two that are genetically similar to known deadly diseases — have been discovered in wild bats in China, raising “urgent concerns” from ...

Right when the world was recovering from all the new kinds of diseases, the researchers at the Chinse lab accused of leaking ...

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly outbreaks in humans. Found in fruit bats near villages, these viruses may ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from Wuhan, China, found that various insectivorous bat species in central China were natural hosts or reservoirs ...