NIPAH virus is among the top five candidates for the next pandemic and could spread like wildfire through human populations, a leading scientist has claimed.
doctor took the skull off and kept it off. right now on half of her brain she doesn t have a skull. it s preserved in the hospital right now. we can reimplant that later on. but that is part of the progress we have made in neurosurgery. in the last decade, experience we have learned from the military as well about letting the brain swell and not be constrained with the cavity, itself, helped a lot. it played a major factor here as well. if we do run in to trouble in the next few days we have further tools. we can use medical agents to dry out the brain. we can literally put a tube in the center of the brain to the center fluid spaces to measure pressure and relieve the pressure if necessary. because she looks good right now, there is no need for that. brain swelling is the biggest threat at this point. [ inaudible question ] from a forensic