By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An Indian health worker who contracted the deadly Nipah virus in December has died, a senior health official from the eastern state of West ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus, usually transmitted from animals such as fruit bats to humans or through contaminated food.

Some countries are on alert after two cases of a deadly, incurable virus were reported in India this week. Here's what to ...

Philippine health officials say there is no active Nipah virus threat in the country and they are monitoring the situation ...

Nipah Virus Death In West Bengal: Nurse who recovered from Nipah virus infection dies of cardiac arrest in Bengal hospital.

UVA infectious disease expert Dr. William Petri explains how the virus spreads and why health officials are on high alert.

Nipah virus fatality rates are 40% to 75%. It's typically spread between humans and bats through people consuming ...

The Nipah virus was spotted in India where it infected two people. No cases of the potentially lethal virus have been ...

Named for the Malaysian village where it was first identified, the Nipah virus is an infectious disease transmitted primarily ...

A 25-year-old nurse in India has died after contracting the Nipah virus, senior health officials in the country have warned.

Following the Nipah virus outbreak in India, we asked experts about ongoing research into treatments, if there is a cause for ...

The Centers for Disease Control is warning travelers about traveling to a popular tourist destination due to a recent disease outbreak. The group issued a level 2 health advisory warning people ...