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

Chennai: Following reports of Nipah virus infections in Kerala’s Palakkad and Malappuram districts, the Tamil Nadu ...

As Kerala continues to face the brunt of the Nipah virus outbreak, the authorities put out measures to tackle the spread.

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

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

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.

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 medical team from Kozhikode Medical College carry areca nut and guava fruit samples to conduct tests for Nipah virus in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India, on September 13.

In Kerala, the first Nipah outbreak in 2018 resulted in the death of 21 out of 23 infected people. Subsequent outbreaks in 2019 and 2021 claimed the lives of two people each.

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 ...