Bats can carry some deadly human pathogens without signs of illness. A new survey shows that other viruses can still be bad for bats.

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists worried about another possible pandemic. This virus originated in bats, as ...

Research was led by Shi Zhengli, a virologist known as the 'batwoman', who is best known for her work on coronaviruses at a ...

All eyes are on scientists exploring the COVID-19 pandemic’s origin. But bat virus researchers, who are still looking for answers about the 2003 SARS outbreak, say there may never be an answer, The ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- They fly through the night, sometimes carrying deadly viruses in their bodies, but are still surviving. That's why bats have been such a boon to researchers. Groups like the One ...

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, say they've uncovered evidence that SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes Covid — likely started evolving in bats as early as 2012, in a region ...

Horseshoe bats are the primary host for the ancestor of the viruses that caused both the 2002 SARS outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new study suggests that the wildlife trade transported the ...

The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics is out today. To hear more from Osterholm and Olshaker, tune in to the August 4 episode of the Osterholm Update on the CIDRAP website.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A recent study from an international team of researchers, including those from UC San Diego’s School of Medicine, gives new credence to the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been controversy surrounding the origins of SARS-CoV-2. New research from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine ...

The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what happened with the SARS outbreak in 2002, according to a study by UC San Diego ...