The Nipah virus outbreak that claimed more than 100 lives in several villages around Bukit Pelanduk here about 27 years ago remains a memory difficult to erase in the minds of local residents.

Health officials in India are racing to contain an outbreak of Nipah virus after a teenage boy died from an infection over ...

JOHOR BARU: Although no Nipah cases have been reported in Malaysia since 1999, fear of the virus continues to linger in the minds of pig farmers in the country. Federation of Livestock Farmers ...

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.

Recent reports of Nipah virus (NIV) infections in Kerala state in India have attracted global attention. Since it was first reported in August (2023), there have been six cases, two of whom have ...

A close relative of the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in North America for the first time — specifically, ...

Nipah virus is an emerging pathogenic paramyxovirus responsible for sporadic and isolated outbreaks of severe respiratory and neurologic disease in Southern Asia. As a zoonotic virus, disease can ...

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 ...