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

Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic illness that is transmitted to people from animals, and can also be transmitted through ...

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

Currently, 17 people remain in isolation in Palakkad. Across the state, 30 individuals are under highest risk surveillance, while 97 are categorized under the high-risk group.

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

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

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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 ...

Wearing masks has been made compulsory in Mannarkkad taluk in the district following detection of three back to back Nipah cases in the taluk. District Collector G. Priyanka also permitted ...

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 ...

The state of Kerala in India has quarantined about 1,400 people in their homes in an effort to stem the spread of the deadly Nipah virus.

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 ...