Two nurses in eastern India have been infected with the Nipah virus, prompting quarantines, expanded testing and heightened surveillance.

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The Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal has prompted health checks at airports across Asia due to confirmed cases. Meanwhile, Chinese researchers found a potential treatment, VV116, which increased survival rates in hamsters.

Nipah virus outbreaks in Kerala and West Bengal have renewed concerns among health experts. Rare but deadly, Nipah has no cure or vaccine and a fatality rate of up to 75 per cent. It attacks the brain and lungs,

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In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed it as a priority pathogen requiring urgent research and development, but since then, no vaccine has been found to combat the lethal virus. Nipah virus is zoonotic, meaning it spreads from animals to humans.