Bats living among the orchards of Yunnan province in southwest China have been found harboring a variety of unknown pathogens ...

One of the viruses is the closest-known relative of Hendra and Nipah viruses, which have human mortality rates as high as 80 ...

Scientists have raised ‘urgent concerns’ after the discovery of new bat pathogens in China that are closely related to the ...

Hendra occurs naturally in fruit bats called flying foxes. In these animals, ... no clear distinguishing sign, that the horse has a Hendra virus infection. Nonetheless, ...

Hendra is known as a henipavirus, and it’s similar to Nipah virus, which also comes from bats. These viruses kill anywhere from 40% to all of the animals and people they infect.

How climate change makes the deadly Hendra virus a bigger threat : Goats and Soda It's not often that this pathogen jumps from bats to horses, then humans. When it does, the result is brutal.

A group of four people undergoing revolutionary treatment for Hendra virus will remain anonymous for the time being after declining to sign media consent forms.

The Hendra team, in 2018, had managed to score a grant from a program under the U.S. government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that was unique in its scope and vision.

"Henipaviruses have caused serious disease and death in people and animals in other regions," Dr. Parry said "One of the most ...

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The henipavirus can cause respiratory symptoms and is related to Nipah and Hendra viruses, but cannot spread easily in people. ... Sign up to Nature Briefing. An essential round-up of science news ...