The Potential Pandemic You've Never Heard Of

The mystery began when pigs on large farms in Malaysia began hacking so loudly that their owners called it a "one-mile cough." Nerve damage was also cropping up in some of the animals. No one knew why. Up to 5 percent of pigs in affected herds were dying, and the illness was spreading like wildfire. Locals named it Nipah, after the place where it was first identified.