"Nipah Virus Outbreak: India's Kerala State Races to Contain Deadly Epidemic"

India's state of Kerala is working to contain a new outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people and infected at least five. Schools are closed, villages are declared containment zones, and 950 contacts have been identified. The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed Nipah as a priority disease due to its high fatality rate of 40-75%. The strain identified in Kerala is the Bangladesh strain, which has a high mortality but is less infectious.