Countries across Asia are on high alert after cases of the deadly Nipah virus were detected in India. Though Indian officials said they have contained the outbreak, screenings at airports in Asia ...

The World Health Organization reported two cases of a rare virus in an eastern Indian state on Thursday.

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%. Several countries, including Thailand, ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus, usually transmitted from animals such as fruit bats to humans or through contaminated food.

Microbiologists Patrick Moreira and Purificación López-García, together with virologists Arturo Ludmir and Lynn Enquist, are ...

The Nipah virus was spotted in India where it infected two people. No cases of the potentially lethal virus have been ...

Nipah is a zoonotic virus first identified during a 1990s outbreak in Malaysia. It spreads through fruit bats, pigs and human-to-human contact. The virus has an estimated fatality rate of between 40% ...

Following the Nipah virus outbreak in India, we asked experts about ongoing research into treatments, if there is a cause for concern, and whether they think another quarantine situation is likely.

Nipah is a rare viral infection that spreads largely from infected animals, mainly fruit bats, to humans. It can be asymptomatic but it is often very dangerous.

A virus that officials say “has a relatively high death rate” has led to COVID-style health checks at several airports in Asia. Five people in in West Bengal, India, have contracted the Nipah virus, ...

Allen Cheng receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, including for public health surveillance systems. He has been ...