It’s dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, ...

A newly recognised bat-borne virus in Bangladesh is forcing scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about emerging infections in South Asia. First spotted in patients who looked like classic ...

Airport thermometers, health questionnaires and masked officials are back in parts of Asia as a deadly bat-borne virus revives memories of the early COVID-19 years. Governments are scrambling to ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

Sabith's story is a study in the rapid evolution of disease and risk, a problem exacerbated by runaway development in ecologically sensitive areas. As more and more people across the globe live close ...