A Letter to the Editor just published in the New England Journal of Medicine described how the Langya henipavirus (LayV) has left at least 35 people in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

Researchers have found 20 previously unknown viruses in bat kidneys from China’s Yunnan province. Two of these viruses bear a striking resemblance to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, both of which ...

Experts have found a new virus that starts in animals and can spread to humans. They first located Langya henipavirus, or Langya virus, in eastern China. Henipaviruses are RNA viruses that start ...

Another dangerous henipavirus is the Hendra virus, which was first detected in Brisbane, Australia and has a fatality rate of 70%, according to Parry.

Langya henipavirus, also known as Langya virus, has been detected in China. 35 People have been diagnosed with the virus so far. To date, the virus does not appear to spread between humans. A new ...

Further studies screening for Langya henipavirus would follow and should be conducted not only in the two provinces were the virus was found, but more widely within China and beyond, he said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent global alert following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kerala, India. This zoonotic pathogen, originating in fruit bats a ...

The new Langya henipavirus, or LayV, closely resembles the Nipah virus, which kills up to 75% of those infected. Getty Images/iStockphoto.

A new flu-like virus has been detected in China, and its name is Langya henipavirus (LayV). Here's what you need to know about the 35 confirmed infections.

In Bangladesh, henipavirus infection was traced independently of contact with infected animals. Fruit bats (Pteropus species, also called ‘flying foxes’) are the natural hosts of henipaviruses.

Henipavirus antibodies have been detected in people and Pteropus bats in Africa. It's estimated that 2 billion people live in the parts of the world where henipavirus spillovers from bats, or ...