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 ...

As millions across Asia prepare to travel for the Lunar New Year, a little-known but lethal virus has nudged its way back into the headlines. Two confirmed Nipah virus infections in India’s eastern ...

Researchers have discovered a strategy to neutralize two highly lethal viruses for which there is currently no approved vaccine or cure. A team led by Professor Daniel Watterson and Dr. Ariel Isaacs ...

New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Three cases of Nipah virus infection have been reported in Malappuram and Palakkad district in Kerala in 2025 and 677 contacts have been traced, Minister of State for Health ...

On May 3, 2018, a 26-year-old man living in the town of Perambra in the Indian state of Kerala went to the hospital complaining of fever and body aches. Muhammad Sabith’s symptoms did not seem serious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An outbreak of the Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has heightened concerns in China and several Southeast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airport health authorities wearing protective masks monitor passengers from international flights arriving at Suvarnabhumi ...

Like Hendra virus, Nipah is in a category of viruses called henipaviruses. It is zoonotic, meaning it can spread from animals to humans. As I explained in a previous Conversation article, outbreaks ...

If you’ve seen headlines about Nipah virus (NiV) cases rising in India, you’re not alone in wondering what it’s all about – and whether it’s something to be concerned about here in the UK. After all, ...

Nipah virus has resurfaced in Kerala with a 43-year-old man from Feroke in Kozhikode district testing positive for the infection, state health minister K Muraleedharan said on Thursday. This is the ...

Nipah virus is an enveloped, negative‐sense RNA virus from the Henipavirus genus that poses a serious zoonotic threat to human and animal health. Its natural reservoir resides in pteropid fruit bats, ...