Public health specialists in the state and outside point out that while Kerala is seeing the sixth outbreak of Nipah virus, ...

One of the affected is undergoing treatment while another has died. State Health Minister Veena George has said the alert has been sounded in Kozhikode, Malappuram and Palakkad, where 345 people are ...

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 ...

A 57-year-old man from Palakkad district in Kerala, who died on July 12, is suspected to have been infected with the Nipah ...

Kerala's Health Minister confirms 674 under Nipah virus scrutiny across the state, with 36 in the highest-risk category.

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

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 ...

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 ...

A Nipah virus outbreak occurred in the Kozhikode district of the southern Indian state of Kerala between September 12–15. The outbreak resulted in six people being infected with two deaths ...

KOCHI, India (Reuters) - A 24-year-old student has died from the Nipah virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala, a local medical official said on Monday, and 151 people who came into contact ...

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 ...