Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A fruit bat in a tree at Wat Khanon Tai. Thailand's Department of Disease Control remains on high alert following reports ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been no reported cases to date in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ...

Two cases of the deadly Nipah virus have been reported in India, leading to confusion and fear that it could spread to the U.S. According to reports from The Telegraph, PEOPLE Magazine and The ...

Health authorities in India say they have contained a potential outbreak of a bat-borne virus with no approved vaccine or cure. With a fatality rate between 40% to 75%, authorities in several Asian ...

Nipah is a zoonotic virus with a high mortality rate Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an entertainment reporter ...

The present outbreak of the Nipah virus infection in West Bengal, India, is the latest of a series of flare-ups of the frequently fatal, fruit-bat–spread zoonotic disease. Nipah (Henipavirus nipahense ...

Two cases of the deadly Nipah virus have been reported in India, infecting two nurses. Symptoms can range from fever and headache to severe brain swelling, with a high fatality rate. Two cases of the ...

Countries across Asia are increasing airport screenings after Nipah virus cases were detected in India, though officials say the outbreak has been contained. Nipah is a deadly zoonotic virus spread by ...