Most people who get Lassa fever have mild symptoms such as fever, feeling weak, headache and sore throat, and recover. More ...

Health officials are concerned about a potential outbreak of Lassa fever, a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said surveillance for Ebola virus disease is ongoing in Nigeria following the announcement of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus disease ...

HEALTH chiefs are scrambling to find close contacts of a person who visited the UK while sick with Lassa Fever. The horrific ...

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’ ...

How did she save Nigeria from the Ebola epidemic? At the peak of the Ebola outbreak in 2014, Dr. Stella Adadevoh discovered and prevented an outbreak of the virus in Nigeria. Patrick Sawyer ...

a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, after a person was confirmed to be infected after travelling from Nigeria. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has been informed about a ...

Musk, who is not a Cabinet member or an elected official, said one such mistake was “accidentally” cancelling Ebola prevention while cutting U.S. development aid agency USAID. “I think we all want ...

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

U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...