An injured bat that was rescued from a back garden turned out to have an extremely rare, rabies-like virus, the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs has said. The animal was found earlier this ...

A man in his 50s from northern New South Wales has died after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus, marking the first known human fatality from the virus in the Australian state. According to reports ...

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat ...