Tag: Eastern

The New England Journal of Medicine discovers an animal-derived virus in eastern China

According to research that appeared this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists are monitoring an animal-derived virus that is developing in eastern China and has been found in 35 humans. The unique Langya henipavirus-caused illness has not yet resulted in any fatalities among those affected. The primary symptoms that patients have shown include fever, exhaustion, coughing, and …