The health department in Kerala has stepped up vigilance against an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two positive cases of the deadly zoonotic disease were detected in two districts.

Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic illness that is transmitted to people from animals, and can also be transmitted through ...

As Kerala continues to face the brunt of the Nipah virus outbreak, the authorities put out measures to tackle the spread.

THE son of a man who died from a brain-swelling Nipah virus that inspired the Hollywood blockbuster Contagion has allegedly ...

Kerala is tracking 571 people on the Nipah contact list, said Health Minister Veena George. Two deaths have been reported ...

A suspected Nipah virus case in Kerala has prompted heightened surveillance and contact tracing efforts. The government is ...

Medical personnel wearing protective suits check patients at the Medical College hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India, May 21, 2018 amid a deadly outbreak of the Nipah virus, carried mainly ...

The state of Kerala has been seeing an uptick in cases of the Nipah virus infections. Underlining the threat, the authorities take measures.

According to the reports, the 38-year-old woman, a native of Thachanattukara, is undergoing treatment at the Government ...

Nipah virus was first identified during a 1998-1999 outbreak in Malaysia, where nearly 300 people were infected and more than 100 died, according to the CDC. More than a million pigs were ...

The state of Kerala in India has quarantined about 1,400 people in their homes in an effort to stem the spread of the deadly Nipah virus.

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 ...