Learn why scientists are closely watching HKU5, a type of coronavirus that only needs a small mutation to be able to transfer ...

A group of little-known bat viruses may be dangerously close to acquiring the ability to infect humans, raising alarms among ...

A study on merbecoviruses reveals that the HKU5 subgroup, found in bats, may have the potential to infect humans. Though no ...

American scientists warn that a new coronavirus found in China poses a pandemic threat. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is related to ...

The study also found that spike protein mutations could enable HKU5 virus to cross the species barrier. One HKU5 virus has ...

A group of bat viruses closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) could be one ...

Live-animal markets, particularly in places like Jakarta and Wuhan, pose significant risks for future pandemics due to ...

The Weber-Morgan Health Department announced this week that a bat found in Morgan County tested positive for the rabies virus ...

Health officials have confirmed the presence of the West Nile virus in mosquitoes found in DuPage County. The first West Nile ...

Health officials in McHenry County say they have identified a mosquito batch that tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) ...

"The molecular biology capabilities of WIV and the genome assessment are consistent with the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 was a ...