Pregnant women are at higher risk of getting seriously ill if they catch Lassa fever, particularly in the third trimester. Catching the virus in pregnancy increases the chance of stillbirth and ...

Catching the virus in the third trimester of pregnancy can increase the risk of stillbirth and miscarriages and even a higher chance of death for pregnant women. When was it last detected in the UK?

Lassa fever is a viral disease spread by rats. It mainly affects people in parts of West Africa, where there are about 300,000 cases of Lassa fever and about 5,000 deaths from it each year.

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

Article continues below Pregnant women are at higher risk of getting seriously ill if they catch Lassa fever, particularly in the third trimester. Catching the virus in pregnancy increases the ...

Lassa fever vaccine is one step closer to approval. Lassa virus infections, primarily spread by rodents, can cause a fatal ...

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 ...

A viral illness called Lassa fever that can cause Ebola-like ... which improves within three months in about half of these cases. Pregnant women in particular are at risk of getting seriously ...

A person with Lassa fever – which can cause Ebola-like illness in some people – travelled to England at the end of February, it has been announced. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA ...