Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died ...

Australia has recorded its fourth death of the bat lyssavirus — a very rare and fatal virus that can lay dormant for years.

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Nipah virus resurfaces in Kerala with suspected cases in Palakkad and Malappuram. Alerts have been issued in Kozhikode, ...

The first reported case in NSW of Australian bat lyssavirus – a rare disease closely related to the notorious rabies – resulted in the death of a man in his 50s this week, several months after his ...

Sydney: A man in his 50s from northern New South Wales has succumbed to an infection caused by Australian bat lyssavirus ...

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

The fourth case of the rabies-like lyssavirus has led to a man's death in hospital, several months after he was bitten by a bat.