Final confirmation is awaited from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune. The first was a native of Malappuram, ...

A 57-year-old man in Kerala has died from the Nipah virus. Health authorities have traced 46 contacts linked to his case ...

A suspected Nipah virus case in Kerala has prompted heightened surveillance and contact tracing efforts. The government is ...

A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

The recent death of a teenage girl has spotlighted the deadly Nipah virus, raising global concerns due to its high fatality ...

A drug that targets two parts of the deadly Nipah virus protects against infection in hamsters. And once an animal is ...

His samples were tested at Manjeri Medical College, where the results came back positive for Nipah, Health Minister Veena ...

In a recent incident, a 38-year-old woman in Kerala who is a resident of the Palakkad district has tested positive for the ...

The Nipah virus is not related to COVID-19, but may have the same originating source — bats. The host of the virus is fruit bats, also known as flying foxes because of their large size.

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Nipah virus is suspecting of killing at least 10 people in southwestern India, including a nurse caring for patients, according to officials there. The little-known virus has never been seen in ...

Nipah virus (NiV) is zoonotic, which means it spreads to humans through animals. The first known outbreak happened in Malaysia and Singapore in 1999. Now, outbreaks are common in other parts of ...