The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns of another pandemic. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

A new coronavirus discovered in bats in Brazil has been found to share similarities with the deadly Mers virus but its risk to humans remains unclear, scientists say. Researchers from São Paulo ...

Keep New Bat Coronavirus On the Radar, Researchers Say. Heidi Splete. March 12, 2025 . A newly identified coronavirus in bats has the potential to spill over into humans, said researchers in China ...

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

Given everything that happened with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s understandable to feel nervous when you hear about a new virus. Now, reports are swirling about a new coronavirus detected in bats ...

"CDC is aware of a publication about a new bat coronavirus, but there is no reason to believe it currently poses a concern to public health," the agency said in a statement.

Scientists have made another worrying discovery. hey have found at least 22 bat viruses in China, out of which 20 viruses are ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

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

China’s Yunnan. Two of them are genetically similar to lethal Nipah and Hendra, raising fears of spillover via contaminated fruits or water.

Scientists in China's Yunnan province have discovered 20 new viruses in bats, including two closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses. Th ...