Chandipura virus is a rare but serious infection spread through insect bites, mainly affecting children and causing brain ...

According to Gujarat's Health Minister Praful Panseriya, the state has recorded 184 suspected cases so far, of which 35 have ...

Chandipura virus has, once again, made headlines out of Gujarat, and with the headlines have come a fair amount of panic, misinformation, and half-truths circulating on social media. Separating fact ...

When news of children losing their lives to an illness spreads, it naturally raises fear and many questions. That is exactly ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus. It usually transmits from animals to humans, though it can also spread between people or through contact with food containing the virus. Currently, human cases of ...

Like Hendra virus, Nipah is in a category of viruses called henipaviruses. It is zoonotic, meaning it can spread from animals to humans. As I explained in a previous Conversation article, outbreaks ...

In simple terms: a virus is a tiny package of genetic instructions with a delivery system. Outside a cell it is metabolically inert. Once inside a susceptible cell, it redirects the cell's machinery ...

A respiratory virus known as human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is being monitored by Australian health officials after cases began ...

The Bourbon Virus is a rarely diagnosed tick-borne virus with no vaccine or specific treatment that has been confirmed in New ...

A virus that officials say “has a relatively high death rate” has led to COVID-style health checks at several airports in Asia. Five people in in West Bengal, India, have contracted the Nipah virus, ...