What is Nipah virus? Learn about its symptoms, transmission, and prevention measures to help reduce outbreaks and protect public health. | Health ...

A microscopic parasite that quietly settles into the brain of humans and animals is not nearly as quiet as scientists once believed. New work on Toxoplasma gondii suggests that the so‑called dormant ...

WHO provides promising update on India’s deadly Nipah virus outbreak - Agency says no evidence of increased human-to-human transmission so far ...

Because the bat-borne pathogen currently has no cure, the likes of India, Thailand, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have taken measures to help screen for the virus. With a mortality rate of 40 to 75 ...

The World Health Organisation has been working closely with Indian health authorities and found "no evidence yet of increased ...

The WHO has assessed India’s recent Nipah virus cases as low risk, saying there is no evidence of increased human-to-human ...

WHO has said no travel restrictions are needed after recent Nipah virus cases in India. Here’s how the virus spreads, its symptoms, and how infection is diagnosed.

Cases are confined to one district with no evidence of increased human-to-human transmission. Nipah spreads from animals to ...

The risk of transmission of Nipah virus remains low, and there is no need for any travel or trade restrictions, said the World Health Organisation, noting that it is closely monitoring the deadly ...

Indian authorities confirm containment of the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal, easing global fears but leaving ...

It’s a terrible disease. Around half the people who get severe Nipah virus infection die of it. The symptoms can vary in severity. It can cause pneumonia, just as COVID could. But the illness we worry ...

Nipah is a rare viral infection that spreads largely from infected animals, mainly fruit bats, to humans. It can be asy mptomatic but it is often very dangerous, with a case fatality rate of 40 to 75 ...