Nipah mainly affects animals such as bats, pigs, dogs and horses, but can infect humans who come into contact with infected animals or consume food contaminated by their bodily fluids.

A Chinese Covid-19 antiviral may help treat Nipah virus, a study suggests. Researchers report promising lab and animal results as India monitors confirmed Nipah cases.

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

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Nipah is a zoonotic virus first identified during a 1990s outbreak in Malaysia. It spreads through fruit bats, pigs and human ...

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This Nipah outbreak in India is worrying because theres currently no prevention and no treatment available, and its a severe ...

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Queensland travellers are being urged to consult their doctors and avoid bats when heading overseas, as an international ...

Recent cases have largely been detected in southern Kerala state. A major outbreak in 2018 killed at least 17 people there.

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of ...

A deadly virus with no vaccines or cure has been detected in India. The health minister says the threat is “very serious”.