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A newly recognised bat-borne virus in Bangladesh is forcing scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about emerging infections in South Asia. First spotted in patients who looked like classic ...

Between late 2022 and early 2023, five patients arrived at hospitals in Bangladesh with symptoms that screamed “Nipah virus.” They were feverish, struggling to breathe, and slipping into dangerous ...

A mystery illness in Bangladesh, initially thought to be a Nipah infection outbreak, is actually due to another emerging and potentially deadly bat-borne virus, scientists warned in a new study.

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In a distressing turn of events, a highly lethal strain of the Nipah virus, originating from Bangladesh, has resurfaced in India. Reportedly has a staggering fatality rate of 90%, health authorities ...

Large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus) in flight. Image by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0 India is moving quickly to contain a Nipah virus outbreak, which has been spreading since late January 2026.

"A new addition of zoonotic spillover causes respiratory and neurological complications following consumption of raw date palm sap next to Nipah virus infection," says Tahmina Shirin, PhD, Director, ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh reported on Monday its first fatality this year from the brain-damaging Nipah virus when a man died after drinking raw date juice. The virus, transmitted to humans through ...