South Korea has officially designated Nipah virus infection as a first-tier infectious disease, a classification for the most ...

On July 12, a new deadly Nipah virus infection was confirmed in a 52-year-old man in the Palakkad district of Kerala, marking the tenth instance of Nipah virus spillover (transmission of the pathogen ...

The Nipah Virus, a zoonotic disease with a fatality rate of up to 75% and no effective treatment, has been designated as a ...

Nipah virus infection, first identified in 1998 in Malaysia, has emerged as a serious health threat. The virus primarily affects both humans and animals, with known transmission routes including ...

Health authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala are on high alert following the latest flare-up of the deadly Nipah virus. It comes after a 14-year-old boy died from an infection over the ...

It was late afternoon. Sajid* stood at the foot of the airbed set up near the open hospital-room window. A gentle breeze brought in a fine mist of the monsoon d ...

It has already claimed lives of hundreds of humans in India and Bangladesh The Department of Zoology of the University of ...

Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have taken a major step forward in tackling one of the world’s most dangerous viruses, the Nipah virus, by evaluating vaccine candidates for pigs. The Nipah virus ...

Kerala has reported its fifth Nipah virus outbreak since 2018 in the district of Malappuram. There is no vaccine or treatment for symptoms of the virus, which can cause acute respiratory infection and ...

There are 106 species of Horseshoe bats in the world. This image is of a lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) Image - F. C. Robiller / naturlichter.de BCC SA 3.0 There are 106 species of ...