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The Department of Health said there are no active cases of the Nipah virus in the Philippines and no international advisories recommending travel restrictions ...

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Following the Nipah virus outbreak in India, we asked experts about ongoing research into treatments, if there is a cause for ...

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The Nipah virus was spotted in India where it infected two people. No cases of the potentially lethal virus have been ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus, usually transmitted from animals such as fruit bats to humans or through contaminated food.

In humans, Nipah virus infection can range from asymptomatic illness to severe respiratory disease and fatal encephalitis.

A study in Emerging Microbes & Infections reports that VV116—an oral antiviral already approved for Covid-19 treatment in China and Uzbekistan—strongly inhibited Nipah virus strains in the lab and ...