Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...

The virus is called, Henipavirus and it belongs to the same family of Nipah virus. According to news reports, the virus has been detected in Alabama, North America by researchers at the University ...

But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu and remains contagious for longer periods. Both illnesses cause symptoms such ...

Nipah virus (NiV), has shown itself to be an emerging zoonotic virus which may yet have severe human health implications. It has attracted attention due to its high fatality rates and growing ...

Scientists may be able to develop a vaccine which offers lifelong protection against Nipah virus, one of the world’s deadliest known pathogens, new research suggests. Since the virus – which ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus harbored by fruit bats. It can be transmitted to pigs and humans, infect people through contaminated food, and can travel directly from person to person via droplets.

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has ...

The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...

"Elucidating both the unique and shared characteristics of the Nipah virus polymerases in comparison to other viral polymerases, our study provides critical insights that have the potential to ...