India’s Nipah virus outbreak has sparked global concern due to the virus’s high fatality rate, lack of vaccines or treatment, and ability to spread from animals to humans and between people. Experts warn that climate change and habitat loss increase spillover risk,

It’s a terrible disease. Around half the people who get severe Nipah virus infection die of it. The symptoms can vary in severity. It can cause pneumonia, just as COVID could. But the illness we worry most about is neurological symptoms; Nipah can cause encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain.

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has warned the Nipah virus is “very rare, but very deadly”, as he revealed Australia is not currently looking to change entry protocols at the border.

The Trump administration this week sent out an alert about the Nipah virus after two cases were confirmed in West Bengal, India

Nipah virus in India is rare, scary, and strangely ignored. Most people in India have heard of dengue, malaria, COVID, maybe even Zika. But say “Nipah.

Officials in India have reported two cases of Nipah virus, an fatal infection, and some airports have increased passenger screening to prevent its spread beyond the country. The cases are among two nurses at a private hospital near Kolkata in the state of ...