Researchers discovered 20 new viruses and two henipaviruses closely related to deadly Nipah and Hendra strains in Yunnan bats. The viruses,...

Though Kerala's response to contain the outbreak drew international praise, the quick spread of the virus and its impact on tens of thousan...

The state's surveillance and response capacity notwithstanding, it is now critical to focus on why Kerala has emerged as a hotspot for zoon...

The researchers used a modern technique known as metagenomic analysis to find this new virus.

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 was first identified in Malaysia in 1998. Cases such as the recent death of a boy in Kerala, India have raised concerns that it...

Half-truths and distorted information have obscured an accurate accounting of the lab's functions and activities, which were more routine t...

According to the research, published recently in the journal PNAS, the Nipah virus (NiV) could circulate among fruit bats, not just in plac...

China’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...

A 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...