Forest Minister AK Saseendran has guaranteed NIV officials, led by Dileep Patil, access to forest areas in order to collect ...

CHENNAI: In the aftermath of Nipah virus cases being reported in Palakkad and Malappuram districts of Kerala, the Directorate ...

The health department in Kerala has stepped up vigilance against an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two positive cases of ...

One of the affected is undergoing treatment while another has died. State Health Minister Veena George has said the alert has ...

The National Joint Outbreak Response Team, appointed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, visited Malappuram ...

Kerala Health Minister Veena George reports 485 individuals are on the Nipah virus contact list, with containment measures ...

Kerala's Health Minister, Veena George, has announced that 499 people have been identified as contacts of two individuals infected with the Nipah virus in the state.

At present, there are no approved antiviral drugs for Nipah and supportive care is the only option for human infections.

A critical Nipah virus case has been reported in Palakkad, Kerala. The 38-year-old woman is receiving monoclonal antibody ...

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 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 ...