The death of a 24 year old student in Kerala's Malappuram has sparked concerns around the deadly virus Nipah. Kerala Health ...

Nipah Virus: Kerala witnessed the first fatality due to the Nipah virus this year as a 14-year-old boy from Malappuram, who was under treatment for the infection at a state-run hospital in ...

The Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from some animals to humans Schools and offices have been shut in some parts of the southern Indian state of Kerala after five cases ...

Out of them, 127 are health workers confirmed Kerala minister George. All the contacts have been placed under surveillance. Nipah is a zoonotic virus which can spread from animals to humans and ...

Kerala state is said to be one of the most at-risk places globally for the Nipah virus Health authorities in India's Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus.

Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes, are hosts for Nipah virus. Close contact with it or its body fluids carry high risk of transmission. If untreated, it can lead to disorientation ...

The strain of Nipah virus found in Kerala has been identified as the Indian Genotype, or Genotype I, which makes it similar to the strain found in Bangladesh, George also explained, as four people ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Citing an ICMR report, the Kerala government on Wednesday said that there was a possibility of Nipah virus presence in bats in Wayanad district of the state. State Health ...

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However, a team has found a Covishield-like vaccine to potentially reduce the risk of the virus. Kerala had earlier witnessed a Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, which led to 17 deaths. Read on to ...

Amid the massive outbreak of deadly Nipah virus in Kerala, all educational institutions in the Kozhikode district will be closed through September 24. The signs and precautions you should take for ...

The Nipah virus outbreak this year was in Kozhikode district, which neighbours Wayanad, and six persons were infected, of whom two had died. The latest outbreak in Kerala's Kozhikode district ...