Share on Pinterest Scientists believe that the new Langya henipavirus, or LayV, was likely transmitted from shrews to humans. There are currently more than 30 confirmed cases in China. Erhard ...

Health authorities are on high alert after reports of a new virus have arisen in the People’s Republic of China. At least 35 people have been infected by Langya henipavirus (LayV) in China’s Shandong ...

Langya henipavirus (LayV) being closely tracked after reported infections in China Highlights Cases of newly-identified Langya henipavirus (LayV) have been reported in China. LayV is related to the ...

The Langya henipavirus (LayV) appears to have jumped from other animals to humans for the first time. And shrews may be the natural reservoir for this novel virus. (Photo: Getty) A novel virus appears ...

An international team of scientists is monitoring a new virus that has infected at least 35 people in eastern China and is thought to have potentially emerged in shrews and passed on to humans. The ...

Cases of a “deadly” virus on the rise in eastern China are not a cause for alarm, scientists have said amid comparisons with Covid-19. So far, 35 cases of the disease known as Langya henipavirus (LayV ...

Nearly three dozen people have been sickened by a new virus spreading in China — with scientists warning it is too early to tell if it is deadly or spreads among humans. The Langya henipavirus — or ...

Less than three years after the outbreak of COVID-19 started in China, the threat of the new animal-borne LayV virus has been identified. While the threat of COVID-19 still lingers two years on from ...