Currently there is no vaccine to prevent this virus and no specific antiviral therapy to treat HMPV, according to the CDC.

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A virus that officials say “has a relatively high death rate” has led to COVID-style health checks at several airports in Asia. Five people in in West Bengal, India, have contracted the Nipah virus, ...

Share on Pinterest Despite the recent outbreak in India, health experts suggest the Nipah virus is an unlikely candidate for a global pandemic. Image credit: CharlesGibson/Getty Images Two new cases ...

Any news of an outbreak of a virus can bring many of us back to 2020, when the then novel coronavirus sparked a years-long pandemic. Now with ‘Nipah virus’ in the headlines, should people in the UK be ...