Fruit — including figs, bananas, guavas and mangoes — and flies Why it's awesome: These "megabats" are the largest in ...

African straw-colored fruit bats are among those researchers have determined are not likely hosts of ebolaviruses. (Ondrej Prosicky, Getty) Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of ...

The research was inspired in part by a 2015 study by Chandran that revealed that African straw-colored fruit bats were seemingly resistant to Ebola virus infection. The Ebola virus binded poorly ...

The hamamas tube-nosed fruit bat has been named after the Papuan word for 'happy' A bat from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea affectionately known as 'Yoda' has been given official recognition ...

which is transmitted to people from fruit bats endemic to parts of East Africa. After receiving information on the suspected cases, Mhagama said the ministry took immediate measures, including the ...

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.

according to the Africa CDC. Marburg virus disease is a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic illness transmitted from fruit bats to humans. Human-to-human transmission occurs through direct contact ...

The research was inspired in part by a 2015 study by Chandran that revealed that African straw-colored fruit bats were seemingly resistant to Ebola virus infection. The Ebola virus binded poorly ...

Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said the continental public health agency is committing two million U.S. dollars to bolster Tanzania's immediate response measures, which will be used to deploy ...