Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An outbreak of the Nipah virus in India’s eastern state of West Bengal has heightened concerns in China and several Southeast ...

The World Health Organisation has told travellers there is a “low risk” of a serious infectious disease spreading from India. On 13 January, two confirmed cases of Nipah virus were reported in ...

Nipah Virus Latest Updates: After battling the deadly SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 for over 7 years, a new virus, potentially more lethal, with 75% fatality rate, has re-emerged in India. As of now, a ...

Some countries are on high alert after two cases of a deadly, incurable virus were reported in India this week. India’s Health Ministry said Monday, Jan. 26, that two nurses at a private hospital near ...

Large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus) in flight. Image by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0 Large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus) in flight. Image by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0 India is moving ...

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology. They carry genetic material, but they cannot make proteins on ...

A virus that originated in a type of fruit bat has been identified in India, spurring protective public health measures across that country. The Nipah virus is a potentially lethal disease that has ...

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The internet has been abuzz with "Nipah virus" after two cases were recently identified in health care workers in India. Could this be our next COVID-19? The World Health Organization named it a ...