The University of Oxford announced in January that the first ever human trial for an experimental vaccine against the deadly Nipah virus is underway. Around 51 people aged 18-55 will take part in ...

Parts of the state are among those most at risk globally for outbreaks of the virus. Nipah is classified as a priority pathogen by the World Health Organization because of its potential to trigger ...

The Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from some animals to humans Schools and offices have been shut in some parts of the southern Indian state of Kerala after five cases ...

Parts of Kerala are said to be the most at ... are natural hosts for the Nipah virus.

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 ...

Researchers in the US have started a clinical trial of a vaccine against Nipah virus, a serious infection caught from animals that has a fatality rate of between 40% and 70%, developed by mRNA ...

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