New virus outbreak: As Langya spreads across China, just how worried should we be?

A new virus, Langya, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces. It’s related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which cause disease in humans. However, there’s much we don’t know about the new virus – known as LayV for short – including whether it spreads from human to human. Therefore, [...]