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In the first weeks of outbreak, the Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an AP investigation finds.

New research links habitat destruction with the spillover of viruses from animals to humans.

Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.

Leading virologists, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, are demanding a deeper probe into China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology as they try to identify the source of the deadly coronavirus.

Experts believe rabies-carrying bats could enter Southern Texas through Latin America, putting livestock in jeopardy. Florida's wildlife agency is involved in the federal preparations.

The coronavirus outbreak in China seems like an unusual event. But scientists have found that similar viruses have been quietly jumping from bats into humans for years.

The winged mammal has a unique ability to carry viruses and not get sick from them. This tolerance may be a unique adaptation to flying.

A Florida official has proposed using bats to reduce mosquito populations.The Orlando Sentinel reported Friday that Orange County Commissioner Emily…

A Florida woman who was helping a friend into a car at a large retirement community felt something hit her arm but thought nothing of it until she went…

Federal health officials are investigating the case, after a couple of Florida salad eaters stumbled upon a perhaps too organic spring mix purchased at Walmart.