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Scientists have found 20 new viruses in bats from China’s Yunnan province, including two linked to deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, raising concerns about future disease outbreaks from wildlife to ...

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Scientists have discovered 20 new viruses in bats from China, including two henipaviruses similar to deadly strains. This ...

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China’s Yunnan. Two of them are genetically similar to lethal Nipah and Hendra, raising fears of spillover via contaminated ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

This raises fresh concerns about the risk of animal pathogens infecting people.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...