Last week, the Department of Health in South Africa says it was “inundated” with questions about the outbreak of the Nipah ...

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Experts explain how Nipah virus spreads, why it’s so deadly, and whether it poses a threat in the U.S., Texas or Austin.

UVA infectious disease expert Dr. William Petri explains how the virus spreads and why health officials are on high alert.

Nipah virus belongs to a family called henipaviruses and is zoonotic, meaning it can spread from animals to humans. Fruit ...

Two confirmed cases of the rare virus prompted the WHO and other health officials to activate their outbreak responses.

It’s far deadlier than COVID-19, so could Australia be plunged into another lockdown over a Nipah virus outbreak? Here is ...

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 ...

Nipah outbreaks have occurred almost annually in Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and India. Cases have also been reported in ...

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

Researchers from Wuhan Institute of Virology say Covid-19 treatment could be a 'readily available' option for dealing with ...