A man in his 50s died after contracting the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New South Wales, ...

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

The man's illness was found during monitoring contacts of his father who recently died from a Nipah infection.

Health officials in Lake County, Illinois, have confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year.

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

An NSW man has died after being bitten by a bat Health authorities have confirmed that it is a rare case of Australian bat ...

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

Scientists in China have raised "urgent concerns" after discovering at least 20 never-before-seen viruses in bats that live ...

The virus -- a close relative to rabies, which does not exist in Australia -- is transmitted when bat saliva enters the human ...