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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 ...

India’s Nipah virus outbreak—while “concerning and serious”—is also neither unprecedented nor unexpected, and does not represent a global emergency. This is the statement of experts from the Global ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

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 ...

Allen Cheng receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, including for public health surveillance systems. He has been ...

Health authorities in India say they have contained a potential outbreak of a bat-borne virus with no approved vaccine or cure. With a fatality rate between 40% to 75%, authorities in several Asian ...

A deadly Nipah virus has been reported in India, involving two cases among nurses and prompting increased passenger screenings at airports to contain possible outbreaks and prevent spreading beyond ...

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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, ...

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Nipah is a zoonotic virus with a high mortality rate Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an entertainment reporter ...