It's dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, ...

It’s dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, ...

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 the ...

Every couple of years, a deadly outbreak of Nipah virus terrorizes villages in Bangladesh. Scientists there are studying the virus, which is harbored in fruit bats, to stop the cycle of outbreaks.

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Kochi: At a time when state health department is on high alert over the recent Nipah virus infections in Kerala, researchers at IIT-Palakkad announced a breakthrough in combating the deadly pathogen.

State health minister Veena George said that the boy ate a hog plum fruit, locally known as ambazhanga, from his neighbourhood a few days before he got a fever. The Kerala Health Department on Monday ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With recurrent Nipah outbreaks leaving more questions than answers, the state has launched a critical sero-surveillance initiative aimed at uncovering hidden transmission pathways.

The serum samples of 17 people who had contacted a 15-year-old boy who died of Nipah virus at Pandikkad tested negative on Tuesday. However, those on the contact list of the Nipah victim should remain ...

Whether Nipah virus is a threat to the UK - and other global viral threats A STUDENT has died after contracting the lethal Nipah virus – as health officials race to track down hundreds of people the ...