Kerala state's health officials have issued an alarm following the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus. He is from the town of Pandikkad, and everyone who came into contact with him ...

A zoonotic virus meaning that which is transmitted from animals to humans, Nipah virus can also be passed on from one human to another through direct contact or through contaminated food.

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 ...

Nipah, a rare and often deadly disease which is back in the news with a student in Kerala diagnosed with the infection, is a zoonotic virus which means it is transmitted from animals such as bats ...

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 is no vaccine to prevent infection and no treatment to cure it. Nipah virus confirmed in 24-year-old man’s death, Kerala Health Minister says Kerala Health Minister Veena George said the ...

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 ...

Kerala state is said to be one of the most at-risk places globally for the Nipah virus Health authorities in India's Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus.

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

India has been witnessing zoonotic disease outbreaks including swine flu, Nipah virus and bird flu, threatening both animals ...

The state health department had already issued a high alert in Kozhikode district earlier this week after they suspected that the two deaths were caused by the Nipah virus. Now an alert has also ...