Hendra virus may not infect people that often, but it can be serious. Like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, you can get a dangerous respiratory infection. The Hendra virus infects large ...

A new variant of the Hendra virus has been identified by Sydney-led research as a cause of fatal illness in Australian horses, and of risk for virus spillover into humans. A second case of the variant ...

Horse owners in the Top End of the Northern Territory are being urged to vaccinate their animals after a bat tested positive for Hendra virus. It is the first confirmed case of Hendra virus in the ...

New research has uncovered an unrecognized variant of the Hendra virus, prompting re-evaluation of spillover risk from horses and their carers to other humans. A new variant of the Hendra virus has ...