A STUDENT has died after contracting the lethal Nipah virus – as health officials race to track down hundreds of people the ...

Nipah virus partly inspired Steven Soderbergh ... Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes, are the natural hosts for Nipah.

It turned out, actually, that the virus tracked back again to Lyle’s flying foxes [a species of bat]. So you had spillover of the virus from the foxes to the pigs, from the pigs into the humans.

Major hosts of this virus are fruit bats, commonly known as flying foxes. Fruit bats transmit the virus to other animals like pigs, dogs, cats, horses, goats and sheep. Humans get infected due to ...

Another possible mechanism might be climate change migrants encroaching further into wildlife habitats and eating more ...

Following the death of a 23-year-old man from Naduvathu (near Wandoor, in Malappuram district) who had contracted the Nipah ...

The commonly named "flying!' squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide ... Actually, a higher incidence of the disease is found in skunks and foxes than in bats. In the United States the rate of ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health has issued a mosquito-borne illness alert for dengue fever in Pasco County. So far, one case has been reported just north of Ridge Road in West ...

So far, Georgia health officials have confirmed six cases of West Nile virus in the state and more suspected cases remain under investigation.

FOX Weather exclusive storm tracker Brandon Copic describes the moment powerful wind from Hurricane Francine slammed a tree into the back of his truck, shattering the back window and taillight. Sept.

I know because of outbreaks I’ve dealt with, I know they work.” When a mask is on, respiratory droplets aren’t flying around when you cough or sneeze. That’s how the virus spreads. If you have to go ...

These large bats are called flying-foxes. Although we see lots of bats in the suburbs, many types are endangered. Learn how to protect them. Watch our video, download worksheets for language ...