Horse owners are encouraged to vaccinate their animals against the disease which can be fatal to both horses and, in rare ...

A horse in southeast Queensland has died after contracting Hendra virus, the state’s first case of the disease, which can be ...

The death of a horse from the Hendra virus in southeast Queensland, in what authorities say is the state’s first case of the ...

An unlikely hero has emerged in the fight against an "absolutely terrifying" virus which has again reared its head in ...

The death of an unvaccinated horse from Hendra virus this week in southeast Queensland is the state’s first reported case in ...

Racing Queensland has reiterated the importance of vaccination for thoroughbred horses following the first case of the deadly ...

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.

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new report ...

That the lethal Hendra virus could jump from Australia’s flying foxes to its humans might seem like nothing more than bad luck, an unfortunate but inevitable consequence of contact with animals ...

The virus kills three out of every four horses it infects. Over 100 horses have died from Hendra, though there are no known cases at the moment. And it's not just a problem for horses.

Then, in 2006, Plowright was out in Australia testing the bats again for Hendra virus. She'd even convinced a documentary team from National Geographic to come along to chronicle the dramatic ...