Nipah virus (NiV) is zoonotic, which means it spreads to humans through animals. The first known outbreak happened in Malaysia and Singapore in 1999. Now, outbreaks are common in other parts of ...

The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the infection has not yet been identified in a living person, according to a study … ...

The breach was discovered in August 2023, with nearly 100 of the missing vials containing Hendra virus, which is deadly. Two of the vials contained hantavirus, while 223 vials contained samples of ...