Kerala state's health officials have issued an alarm following the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus. He is from the town of Pandikkad, and everyone who came into contact with him ...

The death of a 24 year old student in Kerala's Malappuram has sparked concerns around the deadly virus Nipah. Kerala Health ...

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 health worker walks past Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Nipah virus mobile testing facility at a government ...

The Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from some animals to humans Schools and offices have been shut in some parts of the southern Indian state of Kerala after five cases ...

Kerala state is said to be one of the most at-risk places globally for the Nipah virus Health authorities in India's Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus.

The state health department had already issued a high alert in Kozhikode district earlier this week after they suspected that the two deaths were caused by the Nipah virus. Now an alert has also ...

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 ...

"Many viruses that we don't know about circulate in animals that live in close proximity to humans," researcher Emily DeRuyter said.

At the moment, in the southern state of India, Kerala, threat from the virus is looming large. The Nipah virus has struck the state, claiming two lives, infecting two others and forcing ...

India has been witnessing zoonotic disease outbreaks including swine flu, Nipah virus and bird flu, threatening both animals ...

Of the two deaths due to Nipah, the first person who died on August 30 was found to be the index case, or patient zero, from whom others caught the infection. The outbreak of the virus this year ...