Health officials in India are racing to contain an outbreak of Nipah virus after a teenage boy died from an infection over the weekend, the latest in a series of outbreaks in the region of the ...

Dr. Roderico H. Ofrin, WHO Representative to India, said Tuesday that the latest Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala appeared to ...

The Nipah virus was first recognised in 1999 during an outbreak among pig farmers in Malaysia. It was also recognised in Bangladesh in 2001, and nearly annual outbreaks have occurred in that ...

15, 2023. [AFP] Authorities in India are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a virus spread from animals to humans that causes deadly fever and has a high mortality rate. Here is a ...

According to WHO, Nipah has a fatality rate of 40 to 75 percent. In the 2001 outbreak, 66 people tested positive for the virus in Siliguri, out of which 45 died. Similarly in 2007, all five ...

Locked down at home during the Nipah virus outbreak and coronavirus pandemic, artist Smitha G.S. turned her attention to lesser creatures no one notices. Advisory Alert: It has come to our ...

The significant growth of the Nipah virus infection testing market can be attributed to the urgent need for early detection ...

Kerala battles with the sudden outbreak of Nipah virus while combating COVID-19 in the state. The incubation period of this virus is two weeks and the fatality rate is 40-80%, as per WHO.

There have been only a few known Nipah virus outbreaks in Asia. However, the fact that this virus infects a wide range of animals and causes severe illnesses and deaths to humans is a matter of ...

Kerala had earlier witnessed a Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, which led to 17 deaths. Read on to know the signs and symptoms of Nipah Virus infection. Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on ...

Concern about catching the Nipah virus infection? Avoid eating these 3 fruits during the outbreak. Although the Nipah virus initially causes only minor symptoms including headaches, muscle aches ...

The Nipah virus outbreak this year was in Kozhikode district, which neighbours Wayanad, and six persons were infected, of whom two had died. The latest outbreak in Kerala's Kozhikode district ...