The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has listed 357 persons for follow-up over the possibility of being infected with Lassa fever, The PUNCH reports.This is following the death of a ...

Lassa virus is usually contracted through exposure to food or household items that have been contaminated with the urine or ...

Lassa fever, which kills around one in 100 patients, is endemic in Nigeria and several other countries on the west coast of ...

The Edo State Government has announced that a total of 15 people have died from Lassa fever since its outbreak in the state.

Current health news highlights include Nigeria's Lassa fever fight after nearly 100 deaths, WHO's response to U.S. funding ...

But the observed case-fatality rate among patients who are admitted to hospital with severe cases of Lassa fever is 15 per cent. Early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment ...

Mr Ojeifo said as of today, Edo State has recorded over 1,000 suspected cases of Lassa Fever, out of which 103 tested ...

Health officials have confirmed that a patient with recent travel history to the United Kingdom died from the disease after ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who succumbed to ...

Symptoms in children are similar to those in adults, but infant infection can result in ‘swollen baby syndrome’ with oedema, ...