His body was prepared at FUTHA and transported to Unincha for a supervised burial conducted by the Obubra LGA Rapid Response Team. In response to the outbreak, the Cross River State Lassa Fever ...

NIH has launched a human trial for LASSARAB, a dual-purpose vaccine targeting Lassa fever and rabies. Early animal studies ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who recently returned from the United Kingdom and was diagnosed with Lassa fever.

Health officials are scrambling to trace contacts after someone travelled to the UK with deadly Lassa fever. The terrifying illness - which is also known as rat fever - causes patients to bleed ...

HEALTH chiefs are scrambling to find close contacts of a person who visited the UK while sick with Lassa Fever. The horrific Ebola-like disease can cause bleeding from the eyes - though the ...

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 ...

A person with Lassa fever – which can cause Ebola-like illness in some people – travelled to England at the end of February, it has been announced. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA ...

There have been very few cases of Lassa fever ever detected in the UK – with the last recorded in 2022. Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is ...

The Benue State government has announced an outbreak of Lassa fever following a concerning rise in cases over the past four years. Speaking at a press conference in Makurdi on Monday, the ...

“He was diagnosed with Lassa Fever on February 16 but ... at FUTHA and transported to Unincha community for a supervised burial conducted by the Obubra LGA Rapid Response Team.