Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, ...

The Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus that causes severe respiratory illness and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in humans and animals. It was first ...

A novel virus appears to have jumped from other animals to humans for the first time. And this virus has some really nasty relatives. No, this isn’t 2020 too again. This is a different virus ...

Another dangerous henipavirus is the Hendra virus, which was first detected in Brisbane, Australia and has a fatality rate of 70%, according to Parry.

Researchers discovered 20 new viruses and two henipaviruses closely related to deadly Nipah and Hendra strains in Yunnan bats ...

Experts have found a new virus that starts in animals and can spread to humans. They first located Langya henipavirus, or Langya virus, in eastern China. Henipaviruses are RNA viruses that start ...

The first known henipavirus, Hendra virus, was identified in Australia in 1994. There have been just seven cases of humans getting infected – four of them were fatal.

The discovery of the Camp Hill virus marks the first detection of a henipavirus in Alabama in North America. This event highlights henipaviruses, a group of highly dangerous pathogens known to ...

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that live in several U.S. states ...

From left: A greater bamboo bat; and an image of the Hendra virus. Getty Images. The study—in particular the discovery of two previously unknown henipaviruses now named Yunnan bat henipavirus 1 ...

The discovery of a henipavirus in North America is highly significant, as it suggests these viruses may be more globally distributed than previously thought." Dr. Rhys Parr, ...

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that live in several U.S. states ...