The US will no longer participate in the WHO’s global influenza monitoring system – a shift experts say will lead to more flu hospitalizations and deaths.

The U.S. departure from the World Health Organization became official in late January 2026, according to the Trump administration - a year after ...

More countries are implementing screening measures, while others are tightening the ones they already have in place after a ...

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of ...

Nipah outbreaks have occurred almost annually in Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and India. Cases have also been reported in ...

Recent cases have largely been detected in southern Kerala state. A major outbreak in 2018 killed at least 17 people there.

In India, two confirmed Nipah cases were recently detected at a private hospital in Barasat, in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.

The Trump administration this week sent out an alert about the Nipah virus after two cases were confirmed in West Bengal, India ...

Researchers from Wuhan Institute of Virology say Covid-19 treatment could be a 'readily available' option for dealing with ...

The virus spreads from animals to humans, via person-to-person contact or through consuming contaminated food.

There have been no confirmed cases of the disease outside of India during this latest outbreak, although authorities in ...