A cousin of Ebola, Lassa fever is endemic in a number of West African countries A patient who died from Lassa fever was a newborn baby, the BBC has been told. The child, who died at the Luton and ...

For pregnant women, data shows more than 95 percent of them miscarry their fetus. In an infection, Lassa fever attacks ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 143 cases of Lassa fever out of the 484 suspected cases from December 30, 2024, to January 12, 2025, in seven states across 32 ...

Benue State Government has said it recorded 26 death from Lassa fever and some other cases of the viral disease were also documented in 2024. This was disclosed on Monday by the Benue State ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 54 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of the 196 suspected cases from December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025. The NCDC also ...

NCDC stated that 10 states have recorded at least one confirmed case of Lassa fever across 54 LGAs between week one to four. Nigeria has recorded 57 new cases and 12 deaths from Lassa fever ...

The NCDC said the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 89 in epi week two of 2025 to 71 in week three Nigeria has recorded 214 confirmed cases and 39 deaths from Lassa fever across 10 ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 54 Lassa Fever cases and 10 Deaths between December 30, 2024, and January 5, 2025. This translates to an 18.5 per cent ...