Two Nipah virus cases were reported in India, prompting swift public health action, travel precautions, and close international monitoring.

Scientists in Bangladesh discovered a new bat-borne virus called PRV in five patients who initially appeared to have Nipah ...

"The situation is under constant monitoring and all necessary public health measures are in place," the Indian Health Ministry shared.

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Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

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UVA infectious disease expert Dr. William Petri explains how the virus spreads and why health officials are on high alert.

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 ...

It’s a terrible disease. Around half the people who get severe Nipah virus infection die of it. The symptoms can vary in severity. It can cause pneumonia, just as COVID could. But the illness we worry ...

Nipah outbreaks have occurred almost annually in Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and India. Cases have also been reported in ...

Recent cases have largely been detected in southern Kerala state. A major outbreak in 2018 killed at least 17 people there.

Here's what you need to know about Nipah virus, including signs and symptoms, how the virus is transmitted and what ...