Renowned virologist, Dr Simeon Agwale, has hinted that Lassa fever vaccine produced by a Nigerian has scaled through ...

Lassa fever, which causes the death of scores of Nigerians annually, will soon be preventable by vaccination, an expert has ...

In 2024, a middle-aged man from eastern Iowa died after contracting Lassa fever. If you're like many, you may be wondering, ...

The NCDC via its official website on Friday, highlighted the continued public health challenge posed by these diseases ...

Lassa fever is a viral disease spread by rats. It mainly affects people in parts of West Africa, where there are about 300,000 cases of Lassa fever and about 5,000 deaths from it each year.

Lassa fever has reached the US for the first time in a decade, in a case that has surprised health officials. The middle-aged ...

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 ...

Lassa fever is primarily spread by rats found in West Africa, the CDC says. An Iowa resident has died after contracting a suspected case of Lassa fever, health officials said. The patient was ...

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 ...

The disease, which shares similarities with Ebola, requires immediate attention. British health authorities are investigating whether Lassa fever, a viral illness with symptoms similar to Ebola ...

Lassa fever is an illness caused by a virus that spreads to people through contact with infected rodents commonly found in West Africa, according to the CDC. Multimammate rats, one of the common ...

(NEXSTAR) — Health officials are investigating the death of an Iowa resident believed to have contracted Lassa fever, a viral disease rarely seen in the U.S. The resident, who has not been ...