Africa: Coronavirus - Movie Buffs Draw Parallels to Films About Viruses
[IPS] Colombo, Sri Lanka -In the wake of the latest coronavirus outbreak, movie buffs are drawing an eerie parallel with the film Contagion, a 2011 thriller based on a lethal airborne virus called Nipah and how the world's medical community battled to find a cure for the pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?
They are considered the probable source of the coronavirus outbreak spreading from China. It turns out that they may have an immune system that lets them coexist with many disease-causing viruses. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: James Gorman Tags: Bats Viruses Epidemics Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Marburg Virus Nipah Virus Hendra Virus SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) Immune System Cell Host and Microbe (Journal) EcoHealth Alliance Source Type: news
Scientists Home in on Potential Treatments for Deadly Nipah Virus Scientists Home in on Potential Treatments for Deadly Nipah Virus
Scientists working on how to combat a highly infectious and deadly virus called Nipah, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, say they have found around a dozen potential drugs that might be developed to block the disease.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Scientists home in on potential treatments for deadly Nipah virus
Scientists working on how to combat a highly infectious and deadly virus called Nipah, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, say they have found around a dozen potential drugs that might be developed to block the disease. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Study pinpoints new drug targets to treat Nipah virus
(PLOS) Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high mortality rate and there are no licensed drugs against it. Now, researchers have used information on the structure of the Nipah virus to identified 150 possible inhibitors of the virus. The results are published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 12, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus
A deadly virus called Nipah carried by bats has already caused human outbreaks across South and South East Asia and has "serious epidemic potential", global health and infectious disease specialists said on Monday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
New conference to explore innovative solutions to combat global health threat posed by Nipah virus
(Duke-NUS Medical School) The Nipah Virus International Conference 2019 -- co-hosted by Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) -- brings together leading global experts to strengthen international collaboration and improve the world's ability to combat the deadly virus. Guest-of-honour Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Health, Singapore, opened the two-day conference today. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 8, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Model predicts bat species with the potential to spread deadly Nipah virus in India
(Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) Since its discovery in 1999, Nipah virus has been reported almost yearly in Southeast Asia, with Bangladesh and India being the hardest hit. In a new study, published today in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, scientists used machine learning to identify bat species with the potential to host Nipah virus, with a focus on India -- the site of a 2018 outbreak. Four new bat species were flagged as surveillance priorities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 27, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
India fears new outbreak of lethal Nipah virus
India has put more than 300 people under surveillance after a 23-year-old man was diagnosed with the Nipah virus, a rare and often deadly disease. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nipah virus resurfaces in India's Kerala after killing 17 last year
The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala a year after it killed 17 people, state officials said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
A cure for one of the world's deadliest viruses?
Nipah virus is listed as one of the World Health Organization's priority pathogens, meaning urgent action is needed against it. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An Experimental Ebola Cure May Also Protect Against Nipah Virus
African green monkeys survived infection with the Nipah virus after they received remdesivir. The virus, a pandemic threat carried by bats, has killed dozens of people in Asia. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald G. McNeil Jr. Tags: Nipah Virus Ebola Virus Bats MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) Epidemics National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Gilead Sciences Inc Science Translational Medicine (Journal) Bangladesh Malaysia India Source Type: news
Experimental drug completely effective against Nipah virus infection in monkeys
Nipah virus can cause neurological and respiratory disease; the mortality rate is about 70%. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - May 29, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Experimental drug completely effective against Nipah virus infection in monkeys
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The experimental antiviral drug remdesivir completely protected four African green monkeys from a lethal dose of Nipah virus, according to a new study in Science Translational Medicine from National Institutes of Health scientists and colleagues. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 29, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Nipah virus spreads from person to person: Lessons from 14 years of investigations
(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) The deadly Nipah virus, which is carried by bats and occasionally infects people, is more likely to be transmitted from person to person when the infected patient is older, male and/or has breathing difficulties, according to a study co-led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
