The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has urged Nigerians to increase their personal and environmental hygiene to prevent a likely outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) and ...

Nigeria has recorded 1,035 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 8,569 suspected cases, and 174 deaths in 28 states across ...

A scientist who was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer treated herself using lab-grown viruses, a method researchers say is 'not ...

Nigeria has recorded 1,035 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 8,569 suspected cases, with 174 deaths in 28 states across ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that it has recorded no fewer than 174 Lassa fever ...

Lassa fever is a severe and highly contagious viral disease characterised by hemorrhagic symptoms, primarily caused by the ...

Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa virus, is primarily spread by multimammate rats ... number of ...

Lassa fever overview: symptoms, transmission, treatment, vaccine challenges, public health responses, and travel precautions ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa has died from Lassa fever, state health officials confirmed Monday.

Nine new cases of human infection have been confirmed, but according to the CDC, all cases occurred on farms that have been affected by bird flu. In other public health news: respiratory illnesses on ...

These rodents serve as carriers of the Lassa virus. The CDC reports that West Africa experiences between 100,000 and 300,000 Lassa fever cases annually, resulting in approximately 5,000 deaths ...

What is Lassa fever? Lassa fever is a virus predominantly found across Sub-Saharan Africa, spread by West African multimammate rats, which remain the only animals known to carry the Lassa virus ...