"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist ...

Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...

Research reveals that bat viruses similar to MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) have the potential to infect humans. ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications by researchers from Washington State University (WSU), the California ...

A group of bat viruses closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) could be one ...

A team of researchers from Washington State University fear the newly-discovered HKU5-CoV-2 coronavirus found in China could ...

American scientists warn that a new coronavirus found in China poses a pandemic threat. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is related to ...

Scientists are warning of a potential pandemic threat from a lesser-known subgroup of merbecoviruses, specifically the HKU5 ...

A major new type of coronavirus may only be “a small step away from spilling over into humans”, scientists have warned - ...

The pathogen detected in the virus is closely linked to MERS, an extremely lethal virus that can kill upto a third of its ...