Learn more about Hendra virus, a rare respiratory illness that comes from bats. Hendra virus is transmitted from bats to horses; humans can get it from horses but not bats.

Habitat loss and food shortages have pushed bats into closer proximity to horses and humans, fueling Hendra virus spillover, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes In September 1994, a mysterious ...

It's not often that this pathogen jumps from bats to horses, then humans. When it does, the result is brutal. New research points to a surprising way to stop spillovers.

How climate change makes the deadly Hendra virus a bigger threat : Goats and Soda It's not often that this pathogen jumps from bats to horses, then humans. When it does, the result is brutal.

Hendra virus, which was first recorded in Australia in 1994, can infect both humans and horses. ... Photo shows Words sit atop a black background reading: "Get Australia's #1 news app".

Study: Novel Hendra Virus Variant Circulating in Black Flying Foxes and Grey-Headed Flying Foxes, Australia.Image Credit: EcoPrint/Shutterstock Background. The Hendra virus (HeV; belonging to the ...

These two viruses are the Hendra and the Nipah which have yet to ever hit America. [Hendra virus] was first detected in Australia in 1994 and has a case-fatality rate of around 60%.

A virus that is very similar to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been discovered in fruit bats in Australia and researchers are hoping it can help them find ways to fight those highly ...