Friday, January 30, 2026

What to know about the Nipah virus

 What to know about the Nipah virus (Thanks to Finn for this one)

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of viruses as measles. Despite that, it’s not as infectious as measles, but it is significantly more deadly.