The NCDC said the case fatality rate currently stands at 23.2 per cent, higher than the 18.7 per cent recorded during the ...

Every dry season, the wards begin to fill.At Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State and the Federal Medical Centre in Owo, Ondo State, two of Nigeria's treatment centres for Lassa fever, ...

Deaths from ongoing Lassa fever outbreak rose by about 45% within two weeks, reaching 109 fatalities, according to the situation ...

Nigeria's NCDC reports six healthcare workers were infected with Lassa fever in one week, raising concerns over occupational exposure and public health.

Lassa fever deaths rise in Nigeria despite fewer infections, with late treatment and poor sanitation worsening outbreak outcomes nationwide ...

Two imported cases of Lassa fever have provided critical lessons for South Africa’s health sector. Researchers at the ...

An Iowa resident has died after contracting a suspected case of Lassa fever, health officials said. The patient was diagnosed Tuesday after returning to the United States from West Africa earlier this ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa has died from Lassa fever, state health officials confirmed Monday. "I want to assure Iowans that the risk of transmission is ...

Abia State has assured residents that cases of Lassa Fever being confirmed in some States of the Federation have not been identified in the State. The ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The person, whose name and age were not shared, had recently ...

(CNN) — A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching Lassa fever, state officials said Monday. The virus, which is in the same viral hemorrhagic fever ...