India will now be able to detect the Nipah virus within minutes as the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has developed a portable ...

India now has a new portable test kit, developed by NIV Pune, for rapidly detecting the Nipah virus. This innovation allows ...

The University of Oxford has received support from European Medicines Agency's (EMA) for its vaccine targeting the deadly ...

I ntrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China ...

In 2019 too, a 21-year-old boy, the lone Nipah index case detected at Ernakulam, had made a successful recovery following intensive treatment. Kerala reports seventh Nipah outbreak since 2018 ...

Kerala Nipah patient virus-free, health improving, says Minister Veena George Doctors have observed eye and jaw movements, along with small responses to pain in recent days.

India can now swiftly detect the Nipah virus with a newly developed portable test kit by the National Institute of Virology ...

Scientists have fast-tracked a vaccine for a killer virus with pandemic potential that is fatal in up to 85 per cent of cases. Nipah virus is seen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a ...

A vaccine for a killer virus that has pandemic potential, developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, could now get to patients earlier. The University of Oxford’s jab for Nipah virus ...

Spread mainly by fruit bats, Nipah virus is fatal in up to 85% of cases. Symptoms include fever, headaches, pain, vomiting and sore throat. In the worst cases, it can lead to fatal brain swelling.

Researchers in the US have started a clinical trial of a vaccine against Nipah virus, a serious infection caught from animals that has a fatality rate of between 40% and 70%, developed by mRNA ...