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

Under the guidance of Dr. Sampson Akwafuo, an Assistant Professor of Computational Epidemiology and the ... for tracking global outbreaks of Lassa Fever. The dashboard has continued to be a ...

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

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

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 Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Coker said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25 ...

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.

The alarming statistics from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) that 80 people have died from 413 confirmed Lassa fever cases across 11 states within a single week in ...

A 25-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), has reportedly died of Lassa fever at a secondary health facility in ljebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. DAILY POST ...