India is on alert after a fresh outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus ...
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Health authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala are on high alert following the latest flare-up of the deadly Nipah virus. It comes after a 14-year-old boy died from an infection over...
Nipah virus - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBNipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus (it is transmitted from animals to humans) and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis.
Nipah virus death puts health officials on alert in southern India - CNN
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Kochi, India — Authorities in southern India’s Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 people in the...
Incurable Nipah brain virus kills teenager in India - NBC News
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Authorities in southern India’s Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 persons in the high-risk...
What is the Nipah virus and how is it different from COVID, …
WEBSep 7, 2021 · An expert explains more about the Nipah virus and why it is deadlier than COVID-19 after a 12-year-old boy dies from the disease in India.
Nipah virus: Kerala state issues alert after 14-year-old dies - BBC
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Health authorities in India's Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus. According to the state's health minister, an additional 60 people have been...
Nipah virus outbreak: what scientists know so far - Nature
WEBSep 20, 2023 · In the southern Indian state of Kerala, the bat-borne Nipah virus has infected six people — two of whom have died — since it emerged in late August. More than 700 people, including health-care...
Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak …
WEBSep 14, 2023 · CNN — A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to...
NIH launches clinical trial of mRNA Nipah virus vaccine
WEBJul 11, 2022 · The experimental mRNA-1215 Nipah virus vaccine will be tested in a dose-escalation clinical trial to evaluate its safety, tolerability, and ability to generate an immune response in 40 healthy adults ages 18 to 60 years.
Authorities race to contain deadly Nipah virus outbreak in India
WEBSep 7, 2021 · New Delhi — Authorities in India's southern Kerala state are racing to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus. The virus, which is not related to the coronavirus behind the current global...