Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new mutation of the virus that’s already caused a surge in Asia.

The pathogen detected in the virus is closely linked to MERS, an extremely lethal virus that can kill upto a third of its ...

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

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

A recent study highlights concerns about HKU5 viruses, a subgroup of bat coronaviruses related to MERS-CoV. Researchers found ...

Just one mutation in these understudied group of bat viruses and we could be looking at COVID 2.0, experts warn.

BIRD flu has been detected in an English farm, it’s been announced. A case of the H5N1 bird flu was found in poultry in West ...

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

A dangerous new coronavirus discovered in China could spark the next pandemic, American scientists have warned. According to researchers from Washington State University, the new HKU5-CoV-2 virus is ...

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist Michael Letko.