A new study published in the Australian Veterinary Journal has found that only 31.5 per cent of the state’s registered veterinary surgeons are vaccinated against Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV). The ...

This is a baby bat taking a bubble bath. If it doesn’t melt your heart, nothing will. In northeastern Australia, not far from the coastal city of Cairns, is a place called Tolga Bat Hospital. It is, ...

A public health warning has been issued after a bat found at a Brisbane shopping centre tested positive for a disease that is ...

When an encounter with a bat leads a patient fearing rabies, Copperfield finds that AI is more UKHSA guideline-compliant than a GP ...

Key points Nipah virus is a bat-borne virus which was first identified in 1998. It is not present in Australia It can cause ...

India is battling an outbreak of Nipah Virus in its eastern state of West Bengal that has seen five people confirmed infected and nearly 100 people placed in quarantine. The outbreak is reported to ...

The story of what happened to eight-year-old Lincoln Flynn was finally told on Channel 9's 60 Minutes program on Sunday night. Lincoln, who lived on Long Island with his mother Michelle Flynn, ...

Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening animals.

Several months after contracting Covid-19, symptoms can persist in some patients. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur show in an animal model that SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain and persists for up to ...

For any bite, Dr Chalmers advises to seek medical advice if you experience increasing pain, swelling or redness at a bite or ...

While the world still bears the scars of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists warn that this fruit bat-borne pathogen presents a far more terrifying 'grim scenario.' With a mortality rate that can exceed ...