A zoonotic virus meaning that which is transmitted from animals to humans, Nipah virus can also be passed on from one human to another through direct contact or through contaminated food.

Kerala state's health officials have issued an alarm following the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus. He is from the town of Pandikkad, and everyone who came into contact with him ...

On a white background, three test tubes with the very widespread New Virus called the Nipah Virus are shown. Getty Images According to the CDC, this alarming discovery is now listed as an ...

Recent reports of Nipah virus (NIV) infections in Kerala state in India have attracted global attention. Since it was first reported in August (2023), there have been six cases, two of whom have ...

The Nipah virus outbreak that claimed more than 100 lives in several villages around Bukit Pelanduk here about 27 years ago remains a memory difficult to erase in the minds of local residents.

Nipah virus, which circulates in fruit bats and other animals primarily in Asia and the South Pacific, causes severe neurological respiratory disease in humans and leads to death in 40%-75% of cases.

A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021. It’s related to Hendra and Nipah ...

JOHOR BARU: Although no Nipah cases have been reported in Malaysia since 1999, fear of the virus continues to linger in the minds of pig farmers in the country. Federation of Livestock Farmers ...

Epidemics of this virus are rare, but Nipah was classified by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with Ebola, Zika, and Covid-19 as one of the diseases to be investigated as a priority ...

Nipah virus is an emerging pathogenic paramyxovirus responsible for sporadic and isolated outbreaks of severe respiratory and neurologic disease in Southern Asia. As a zoonotic virus, disease can ...

The Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic disease that spreads between animals and people. Fruit bats are the host for the ...

mRNA vaccines use the body's own machinery to make antigenic protein rather than injecting the antigen directly into the body. (Image Credits: Pixabay) Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. on Tuesday ...