Why is India’s Nipah virus outbreak spooking the world?
The virus spreads from animals to humans, via person-to-person contact or through consuming contaminated food.

The virus spreads from animals to humans, via person-to-person contact or through consuming contaminated food.


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Italy is welcoming 19 children who were evacuated from Gaza by the World Health Organization.

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The significant funding reductions mean certain activities will simply not happen: WHO’s polio eradication director.
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