Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Maryland Baltimore, in collaboration with the United ...

Researchers developed the LASSARAB vaccine, using a deactivated rabies virus to protect against Lassa fever. In preclinical ...

A promising Lassa fever vaccine shows potential to prevent severe disease and death in animals.

Blog - In global health, past epidemics are important learning experiences that shape our responses to future health emergencies. The 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa serves as a stark reminder of ...

The virus is on a priority watchlist from the WHO (World Health Organization) as it has the potential to cause a deadly ...

Lassa fever is a deadly viral hemorrhagic illness that lowers the platelet count in the blood and its ability to clot, ...

Nigeria is at the forefront of the Lassa fever crisis in West Africa, with a recent study revealing that the country bears over 50% of the West Africa’s cases of 2.7 million.

Unfortunately, investment, research and development are in favour of the developed countries and it is recently that African ...

Researchers identified 125 virus species in Chinese farmed fur animals, including 36 novel viruses with significant zoonotic ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has established a pandemic preparedness research network to conduct research on ...

To date, several Lassa candidate vaccines are currently in development. However, out of these, Matthias Schnell, PhD, director of the Jefferson Center for Vaccines and Pandemic Preparedness at Thomas ...