What is the worst disease no one has ever heard of? Marburg, Ebola, Lassa Fever...What if we told you there's a new kid on the block that can make them seem almost pedestrian at times? That new kids name? Nipah. You've probably already been exposed to Nipah and you don't even know it. No don't worry not the virus itself, but the study of it. The 2011 blockbuster hit Contagion was loosely based on a Nipah style virus making the jump to the global pandemic scale. Could this really happen? Is the disease really as scary as the stories? Tune in this week to find out.