A middle-aged patient has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from a state health department. Here's what you need to know about the rare, potentially deadly viral disease.

An Iowa resident is dead after contracting a suspected case of Lassa fever in West Africa earlier this month, the CDC said. Here's what you need to know.

On January 22, 2019, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control declared Lassa fever a public health emergency, following a spike in confirmed cases and rising fatalities across several states.The ...

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 ...

A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa has died after contracting Lassa fever, a virus that can cause Ebola-like illness in some patients.

The last Lassa fever case brought to the U.S. was in 2016, according to federal records. Then, a 33-year-old Georgia nurse contracted the illness after she treated an infected patient in Togo. She ...

HHS says there have only been eight travel-associated cases of Lassa fever in the U.S. in the past 55 years, and approximately 80% of those who contract Lassa fever have mild or no symptoms at all.

About 100,000 to 300,000 cases of Lassa fever and 5,000 related deaths occur in West Africa each year, according to the CDC. The disease has an overall fatality rate of just 1%, according to the ...

A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching what is believed to be Lassa fever, officials said Monday. The virus, which is in the same viral hemorrhagic ...

At least 150 people are being monitored for Lassa fever because they came in contact with a man who died from the viral hemorrhagic disease in New Jersey after visiting West Africa.

The progression of this candidate from the lab to a first-in-humans clinical trial is a promising step towards a vaccine to prevent Lassa fever." Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., NIAID Director ...

An Iowa resident has died after contracting a suspected case of Lassa fever, health officials said. The patient was diagnosed Tuesday after returning to the United States from West Africa earlier ...