Scientists Launch First Human Vaccine Trials For Deadly Nipah Virus
There are no authorized vaccines or treatments for Nipah, which kills as many as 75% of the people it infects and experts think could trigger a new pandemic. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Science /science Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news topline Source Type: news
Covid jab could prevent deadly Nipah virus that kills 75% of cases
The Nipah virus has been around for 25 years without a cure (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kerala Proved Good Governance Vital in a Pandemic
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Lawmakers Call on G20 to Prioritise Spending on Youth, Gender, and Human Security
Politics Behind the Removal of Mughal History From Textbooks Say Academics (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ranjit Devraj Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations India IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
This week in science: Nipah virus, Australian pink diamonds and how cockatoos mate
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Godoy and Regina Barber of the Short Wave podcast about a new Nipah virus outbreak, Australian pink diamonds and the mating life of cockatoos. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
The World's Small but Deadly Nipah Belt
An outbreak of the Nipah virus in India's Kerala state has infected six and killed two. The very dangerous disease has led to hundreds of people being placed under surveillance and tested while offices and schools were shut down to prevent the spread of the illness. Meanwhile, another suspected…#nipah #kerala #westbengal #kolkata #malaysia #palmsap (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ICMR permits Kerala to conduct Truenat portable tests in boost for state's Nipah containment response
With Truenat available locally, only samples that test positive for Nipah need be sent to Thiruvananthapuram, Thonnakkal, or Kozhikode labs for reconfirmation. This will help Kerala conduct tests faster, detect if there is an outbreak, and set preventive measures faster, she told reporters. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What To Know About The Deadly Nipah Virus As India Races To Contain Outbreak
Feared as a potential cause of another pandemic, Nipah has no treatments or vaccines, and the virus kills as many as three out of every four people it infects. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news topline Source Type: news
What is Nipah virus? India rushes to contain outbreak.
The virus has killed two so far and infected at least five in the state of Kerala and is considered a priority disease by the WHO for its epidemic potential. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelsey Ables Source Type: news
What Is Nipah and Why Is the Deadly Virus Flaring Up Again
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Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could chatbots help devise the next pandemic virus?
Tech experts have been sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence (AI) could turn against humanity by taking over everything from business to warfare. Now, Kevin Esvelt is adding another worry: AI could help somebody with no science background and evil intentions design and order a virus capable of unleashing a pandemic.
Esvelt, a biosecurity expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently asked students to create a dangerous virus with the help of ChatGPT or other so-called large language models, systems that can generate humanlike responses to broad questions based on vast training sets of intern...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Marburg virus outbreak: Tanzania announces spread of deadly disease
Tanzania has announced its first-ever cases of Marburg virus disease, a deadly infection that has a fatality rate of around 50 percent. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that Tanzania's National Public Health Laboratory has confirmed that eight people so have contracted the…#tanzania #equatorialguinea #nipah #filoviridae #thomasgeisbert #galveston #belgrade #serbia #frankfurt #marburg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Growing number of high-security pathogen labs around world raises concerns
The number of high-containment labs studying the deadliest known pathogens is booming. A new analysis warns the growing number of labs is raising risks of an accidental release or misuse of germs such as the Ebola and Nipah viruses.
“The more labs and people working with dangerous pathogens, the risks go up,” says biosecurity expert Filippa Lentzos of King’s College London, who started the
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mapping project 2 years ago with Gregory Koblentz of George Mason University.
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Europe has the most biosafety level-4 (BSL-4) labs, and three-quarters are in urban ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 17, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Nipah virus has a kill rate of 70%. Bats carry it. But how does it jump to humans?
Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.(Image credit: Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Daniel Source Type: news
Trying to crack the Nipah code: How does this deadly virus spill from bats to humans?
Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.(Image credit: Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Daniel Source Type: news
Epidemics That Weren ’t: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks
Some of the most fragile health systems in the world can teach us ways to respond to public health threats early and effectively. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Ebola Virus Medicine and Health Politics and Government Nipah Virus Epidemics Disease Rates Doctors Resolve to Save Lives Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa) Guinea India Source Type: news
