An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in ...

The horrors of Covid-19 pandemic are still fresh in our minds, even though a few years have passed ever since. One lesson which the world has learnt from the 2020-2021 pandemic is that precaution is ...

For many of us, the word “Nipah” is not abstract. It carries memories of quarantined villages, restricted movement, and anxious nights spent waiting for test results. With new Nipah cases reported in ...

The past winter was a heavy one for respiratory viruses, dominated by surges of RSV, influenza and COVID-19. But just as it was winding down, a little-known virus that causes many of the same symptoms ...

Melbourne: An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%. Several countries, including ...

At least 58 cases of measles have been reported in West Texas within the last three weeks — marking the largest outbreak in the state in close to 30 years. The dozens of reported cases have mostly ...

A 37-year-old man wounded by a wild monkey in Hong Kong is in intensive care suffering from infection with B virus. Although this is the first reported case of a B virus infection in a human in Hong ...

You’ve probably seen “deadly Nipah virus” splashed across headlines, usually next to a photo of someone in a hazmat suit. Nipah is a serious virus — but it’s also very different to COVID-19, and the ...