India is moving quickly to contain a Nipah virus outbreak in the eastern state of West Bengal after two cases were confirmed by the federal health ministry. It has sparked concern across Asia, with ...

Thailand's Department of Disease Control screens travelers from West Bengal, India at Suvarnabhumi & Don Mueang airports ...

A growing body of research suggests that everything from the shape of your lungs to how you enunciate your Ts and Ks could make you a flu superspreader.

NHS national medical director Professor Meghana Pandit said hospitals were facing “sustained pressure from viruses and other ...

Norovirus hospital cases hit new winter high - An average of 950 hospital beds were filled each day last week by people with ...

Two viruses emerging from animals could be the next ‘major’ public health threats to American families, scientists warn - One ...

Health chiefs have issued a warning over the Nipah virus after two cases were confirmed in West Bengal, India, with 200 ...

Scientists have identified 22 genes that explain why one common virus leaves many people unharmed but puts others at risk of ...

Nipah, a zoonotic virus spreads through fruit bats, pigs and human-to-human contact. There is no vaccine for the virus, which ...

England’s top NHS doctor Professor Meghana Pandit says the NHS us under pressure from winter bugs, including norovirus, and ...

4.7 million covid-19 vaccinations have been delivered so far this season and 2.5 million RSV vaccinations since the rollout kicked off – including almost 485,000 to pregnant women, helping to protect ...

Two cases of the Nipah virus have been detected in India, prompting a raft of screening measures to be enacted in countries ...