By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Lassa fever killed 118 people in Nigeria in the first three months of this year, the West African country's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said. The ...

The agency noted that 20 healthcare workers were among those infected.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that 118 lives were lost to Lassa fever during the ...

NCDC Director General Dr. Jide Idris said RRTs’ deployment became necessary following the identification of 3,465 suspected Lassa fever cases across 91 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 33 States ...

Director General (DG) of the agency, Dr Jide Idris, said RRTs’ deployment became necessary following the identification of 3,465 suspected Lassa fever cases across 91 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in ...

Ogun state government has confirmed Lassa Fever outbreak in the state, and one index case of a 25-year-old female corps ...

The state government in a statement signed by the Commissioner For Health, Dr Tomi Coker, revealed that the corps member ...

The UK Health Security Agency has published a list of the 24 pathogen families that could pose the greatest risk to public ...

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

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

Can the continent walk the talk? **** The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: ...

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, ...

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