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Kerala remains India’s ground zero for the Nipah virus, but why?A new Nipah virus case in Kozhikode, Kerala, highlights the state's recurring outbreaks. Experts link these to fruit bats and human activit...- Nipah virus outbreak: 100 people quarantined in West Bengal to contain deadly zoonotic virus with high fatality. Check how it spreads, signs, symptoms and treatmentNipah virus outbreak: As many as 100 people have sent to quarantine in West Bengal to contain the spread of the deadly Nipah virus in the s...
- Nipah virus in Kerala: Three cases detected in Malappuram, Palakkad this year; govt traces 677 contactsIn 2025, Kerala's Malappuram and Palakkad districts reported three Nipah virus infections, prompting the tracing of 677 contacts. The gover...
- Another pandemic? Deadly new bat viruses found in China, Scientists warn of up to 75 percent fatality rateResearchers discovered 20 new viruses and two henipaviruses closely related to deadly Nipah and Hendra strains in Yunnan bats. The viruses,...
- Nipah virus outbreak renews calls to protect bat roostsThough Kerala's response to contain the outbreak drew international praise, the quick spread of the virus and its impact on tens of thousan...
- Strengthen the buffer from future NipahsThe state's surveillance and response capacity notwithstanding, it is now critical to focus on why Kerala has emerged as a hotspot for zoon...
- Fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, muscle ache: What is this new Langya virus and how sick is it making people?The researchers used a modern technique known as metagenomic analysis to find this new virus.
- What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?Langya henipavirus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which cause disease in humans. However, there's much we don't know about the new...
- Nipah virus: could it cause the next pandemic?Nipah virus was first identified in Malaysia in 1998. Cases such as the recent death of a boy in Kerala, India have raised concerns that it...
- The last and only foreign scientist in Wuhan Lab speaks outHalf-truths and distorted information have obscured an accurate accounting of the lab's functions and activities, which were more routine t...
- 'How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found'According to the research, published recently in the journal PNAS, the Nipah virus (NiV) could circulate among fruit bats, not just in plac...
- View: It's time for humans to stop living voraciouslyChina’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...
- Lessons from Ebola catastrophe: Why India needs to discourage deforestation and excessive miningA study by the Int'l Livestock Research Institute in 2012 put India as the most affected country in terms of diseases that are spread throu...
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