How does the body react after contracting the deadly NiV? Expert explains how the Nipah virus attacks the brain, leading to swelling and fatal inflammation.

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is far less well-known and can have devastating implications.

Nipah Virus Symptoms: Following the deaths from the Nipah virus in West Bengal, many countries around the world are concerned about it. Let us explain its symptoms and prevention. Nipah Virus Bat Transmission: The emergence of a Nipah virus case in West Bengal has once again raised global concerns.

Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

Nipah virus outbreak: Nipah virus, a rare but deadly zoonotic disease, is highly infectious and fatal and there is no treatment or cure. Dr. Deep Das, a neurologist, has explained that nipah virus can impact human brains and can cause inflammation.

A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated version of the virus, according to a report published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. So far, nearly all of the ...

A new study shows that the body’s early immune response, not the virus itself, often determines how severe a rhinovirus cold becomes.