Bat

A bat sanctuary worker in Israel was the first person to be infected with IsrRAPXV, a poxvirus identified in Egyptian fruit bats in 2020, according to a study.

Five people died from rabies in the United States last year, including three in just a 6-week span from Sept. 28 to Nov. 10 — a “sobering reminder,” one expert said, of the risk still posed by one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

Insecticide use and infant mortality have increased in United States counties affected by declining bat populations, according to a study published in Science.