India has technically eliminated leprosy at the national level, yet the continued detection of child cases shows that transmission persists in hidden pockets ...

The agency added that it did not recommend travel or trade curbs after two infections of the deadly virus were reported by the South Asian nation.

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of ...