A ‘Nature’ report reveals how ecology, human behaviour and health-system preparedness shape Nipah spillovers and transmission ...

Ten years ago, Iroro Tanshi found something incredible in a cave in Nigeria: a colony of short-tailed roundleaf bats, a species that hadn’t been seen there in almost 50 years. We learn how her ...

Bats are natural reservoir of viruses that cause severe disease in livestock and humans. Recent high-profile spillover events have directed significant attention towards the relationship between ...

Between late 2022 and early 2023, five patients arrived at hospitals in Bangladesh with symptoms that screamed “Nipah virus.” They were feverish, struggling to breathe, and slipping into dangerous ...

Conservation groups have rushed to save as many grey-headed flying-foxes as possible from recent extreme heat causing mass deaths of the species. Thousands of flying-foxes have died in recent weeks ...

In the absence of a vaccine or specific antiviral therapy, combating deadly pathogens like the Nipah virus may seem daunting. Yet Kerala has repeatedly demonstrated that strategic public health action ...

A Chinese drug could help manage outbreaks of Nipah and prevent the spread of the deadly virus that has no vaccine or cure, researchers have said. The virus has a fatality rate of up to 75 per cent ...

The Nipah virus outbreak in India has recently resurfaced, with confirmed cases in West Bengal and Kerala. Although the number of infections remains limited, the virus is causing concern because of ...

Health authorities warn of Nipah virus outbreak in India; no vaccine, 40–75% fatality rate According to India's high ranking health officials mentioned that both states Kerala and West Bengal are ...

An outbreak of the lethal Nipah virus has sent shockwaves through the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Health officials are racing to contain the spread as five cases—including frontline doctors ...

An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India’s eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will ...

The Thai Ministry of Public Health on Sunday began screening air passengers arriving from India for possible Nipah virus infection after five Nipah virus cases were reported and nearly 100 people were ...