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We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled trees and swooping in on insects in total darkness. But exactly how they ...

Scientists in Bangladesh discovered a new bat-borne virus called PRV in five patients who initially appeared to have Nipah ...

SCIENTISTS have identified a hidden bat-borne virus, which they say could be silently infecting people. The bug was ...

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Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

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Robertsbridge, Harry Latham-Coyle visits the East Sussex village to find out how an English institution are planning for the ...

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