Like Hendra virus, Nipah is in a category of viruses called henipaviruses. It is zoonotic, meaning it can spread from animals to humans. As I explained in a previous Conversation article, outbreaks ...

Two patients have been hospitalized in India — learn more about the zoonotic disease responsible. In January 2026, India reported two cases of Nipah virus — a deadly zoonotic disease with fatality ...

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Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus. It usually transmits from animals to humans, though it can also spread between people or through contact with food containing the virus. Currently, human cases of ...

In simple terms: a virus is a tiny package of genetic instructions with a delivery system. Outside a cell it is metabolically inert. Once inside a susceptible cell, it redirects the cell's machinery ...

Two cases of the deadly Nipah virus have been reported in India, leading to confusion and fear that it could spread to the U.S. According to reports from The Telegraph, PEOPLE Magazine and The ...

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