Lassa fever remains a major health challenge in Nigeria, killing 100 people in early 2025. What’s going wrong?

An NIH-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants.

The disease, which shares similarities with Ebola, requires immediate attention. British health authorities are investigating whether Lassa fever, a viral illness with symptoms similar to Ebola ...

HEALTH chiefs are scrambling to find close contacts of a person who visited the UK while sick with Lassa Fever. The horrific Ebola-like disease can cause bleeding from the eyes - though the ...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, ...

A person with Lassa fever – which can cause Ebola-like illness in some people – travelled to England at the end of February, it has been announced. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA ...

There have been very few cases of Lassa fever ever detected in the UK – with the last recorded in 2022. Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is ...

Britain was today rocked by fresh Lassa fever fears after someone travelled to England while positive with the virus. Officials revealed the infected individual travelled from Nigeria while ...

A (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Health officials are scrambling to trace contacts after someone travelled to the UK with deadly Lassa fever. The terrifying illness - which is also known as rat fever - causes patients to bleed ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who recently returned from the United Kingdom and was diagnosed with Lassa fever.

One person has died out of the three confirmed cases of Lassa Fever from seven suspected cases in Benue State. The State’s Epidemiologist, Dr Asema Msuega who disclosed this in a telephone ...