Lassa fever remains a major health challenge in Nigeria, killing 100 people in early 2025. What’s going wrong?

The NCDC on Wednesday, confirmed 563 Lassa fever cases out of the 2,960 suspected cases of the disease and 103 deaths as of ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 28 new confirmed cases and three deaths from Lassa ...

The Benue State Government has confirmed one death from Lassa fever and two isolated cases of the viral disease in the state.

An NIH-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 28 new confirmed cases and three deaths from Lassa ...

This underscores the urgent need for better protective measures, adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPEs), and ...

Renowned Nigerian physician, Dr. Tochi Okwor, said that the 2018 Lassa fever outbreak exposed critical gaps in the nation’s infection ...

One person has died out of the three confirmed cases of Lassa Fever from seven suspected cases in Benue State.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in new confirmed Lassa fever cases across ...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun ...

Thomas Jefferson University has initiated a phase 1 clinical trial for a Lassa virus (LASV) vaccine developed at Jefferson in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), at the ...