Liberia: In the shadow of a global pandemic that dominated health headlines for years, a persistent threat quietly continues to challenge West Africa. Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic illnessfirst ...

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, has disclosed that arrangements have been concluded for ...

Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is currently treating a patient with Lassa fever, as confirmed by the CDC. CNN reports the patient is an American physician's assistant who was working with a ...

In August of 2024, IAVI’s (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) Lassa fever vaccine candidate entered Phase II, making it the first Lassa vaccine clinical trial to become fully active across ...

A Lassa fever case has been confirmed at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in Kano, Nigeria.The case was recorded on April 5 in Garun Mallam Local Government Area.Two suspected cases were ...

Ondo State government has confirmed that 12 persons have been killed by lassa fever and 112 established out of 353 reported since the outbreak of the disease. Acting Statistician-General of the ...

He said: “Since the outbreak of Lassa fever in Edo on December 30, 2024, we have over 378 suspected cases. “As at today, 83 were confirmed positive to the disease, with 13 mortality.

Three things to know about it: 1. Lassa fever has the potential to cause an epidemic. Cases of Lassa fever have risen in Nigeria in the last 3 years. 2.

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

She described Lassa fever as a viral Hemorrhagic disease that causes high-grade fever, headache, general body weakness and sore throat. ”Other symptoms may include muscle pain, cough, nausea ...

In the January-March period, a total of 645 Lassa fever cases were confirmed with 118 deaths, a fatality rate of 18.3%, NCDC director general Jide Idris said in a statement on Monday.