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 ...

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a single injection of an oncolytic virus—a genetically modified virus that selectively infects and ...

Countries across Asia, and health officials in the US, are monitoring measures after India confirmed two human cases of Nipah virus. Both nurses, in West Bengal, are under surveillance, and their ...

You’ve probably seen “deadly Nipah virus” splashed across headlines, usually next to a photo of someone in a hazmat suit. Nipah is a serious virus — but it’s also very different to COVID-19, and the ...

The death rate from a Nipah virus infection is estimated to range from 40% to 75%, making it one of the deadliest known viruses. (EPA Images pic) A new outbreak of the Nipah virus in India’s West ...

Dr. Ellen Foxman still remembers her young son struggling to breathe as he battled an asthma attack that tightened his small airways. For any parent, it’s a frightening moment – one that has stayed ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said on Saturday (Feb 7) it is closely monitoring a reported case of Nipah virus infection in northwest Bangladesh, adding that no cases ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a patient in Bangladesh died after contracting the Nipah virus, adding that it believes the risk of the disease spreading internationally still ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is a low risk that the deadly Nipah virus will spread beyond India, where two people tested positive. In an email sent to the Reuters news agency, WHO ...

A mystery illness in Bangladesh, initially thought to be a Nipah infection outbreak, is actually due to another emerging and potentially deadly bat-borne virus, scientists warned in a new study.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have uncovered a new clue to how Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) could contribute to multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune disease that affects nearly one million ...