Nipah vs COVID-19: The Nipah virus is among the deadliest zoonotic infections known to humans, with reported fatality rates ranging from 40 to 75 percent. What makes Nipah particularly frightening is ...

West Bengal has reported five cases of Nipah virus in just a week. After two nurses, three new cases, including a doctor, another nurse and a healthcare staff member, have been reported in West Bengal ...

Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the University’s Pandemic Sciences Institute, has commenced the first-in-human trial of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine, targeting the deadly Nipah virus. The trial involves ...

A Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has once again pushed zoonotic diseases into the spotlight. From Hantavirus and ...

The University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) released a comprehensive roadmap that will allow for prompt and efficient responses to outbreaks of the Nipah ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — This week, officials in India confirmed that two cases of Nipah virus have been contained in West Bengal, following identification back in December. Despite the two infected ...

NEW DELHI -- Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in the eastern state of West Bengal, as several Asian countries tightened health screenings ...

Health authorities in India say they have contained a potential outbreak of a bat-borne virus with no approved vaccine or cure. With a fatality rate between 40% to 75%, authorities in several Asian ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The southern Indian state of Kerala is ramping up efforts to stop a potential outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus, even as the state continues to battle the highest number of ...