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.

The Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus that causes severe respiratory illness and ...

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

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.

A northern NSW man has become the fourth person to die of lyssavirus in Australia. The disease is incredibly rare but ...

A northern New South Wales man has died after contracting the state's first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus. The ...

Health authorities believe the man who died from a type of rabies in the state’s north was bitten on the finger by a bat ...