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Family members of the patients admitted at the Kozhikode Medical College wear safety masks as a precautionary measure after the Nipah virus outbreak, in Kozhikode, on Monday. Credit: PTI

Explainer: Nipah Virus in Kerala and What the Government Is Doing About It

The Wire Staff 22/05/2018

Ten people have died of the virus so far.

Kozhikode: Animal Husbandry department and forest officials collect bats from a well of a house after the outbreak of 'Nipah' virus, near Perambra in Kozhikode on Monday. The Nipah virus has so far claimed three lives in Kerala while one person is undergoing treatment and 8 others are under observation in Kozhikode district. Credit: PTI

Nipah Virus Claims Ten Lives in Kerala, Including Nurse

The Wire Staff 22/05/2018

The World Health Organisation has been informed about the...

A forager ant of the species Cataglyphis velox. Seville, Spain. Credit: Michael Mangan and & Hugh Pastoll

How Viruses Pass on Messages, Ants Find Their Way and Seals Go ‘Whiskering’ for Fish

Janaki Lenin 02/02/2017

At the end of every month, Janaki Lenin will...

41 Confirmed Cases of Locally Transmitted Zika Virus in Singapore

Marius Zaharia 29/08/2016

All but seven of those infected had fully recovered,...

First Case of Zika Virus Reported in Singapore

Marius Zaharia 28/08/2016

A 47-year-old Malaysian woman working in the city-state was...