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 ...

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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.

Providing details on the physician’s case, Idris said the agency was notified of a confirmed Lassa fever infection in a 31-year-old physician who had recently returned from the United Kingdom.

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.

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 UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it had been informed under international rules that a person travelled to England from Nigeria while they were unwell with Lassa fever. They then ...

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 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 ...

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.