A new book Infectious Disease Emergencies ... COVID-19 was not planned and cholera, Lassa fever, and plague outbreaks have not been orchestrated. Governments have struggled to manage the cross-border ...

Tregoning is the author of the upcoming book Live Forever? The Curious Scientist’s Guide ... Kusi is a lead immunologist on a number of ongoing clinical trials including the Lassa fever LSV-002 ...

The resurgence of Lassa fever in Nigeria has sparked concern, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirming 70 fatalities so far in 2025. Between January 27 and ...

Ondo state government said 112 cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed out of 353 reported cases in the state since the recent outbreak. It said 12 persons have been killed by the disease.

Lassa fever has claimed 70 lives this year, with Taraba, Ondo and Edo states having the highest number of casualties, Daily Trust reports. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

The campaign focuses on three seasonal diseases of cholera, meningitis, and Lassa fever, which commonly affect different parts of the country at specific times of the year. NOA unveils campaign to ...

No fewer than 12 persons have lost their lives to Lassa fever in Ondo State out of 112 confirmed cases. According to the Statistician General of the state, Olusola Ajayi, who revealed this ...

No fewer than 12 people have died from Lassa fever in Ondo State, with 112 confirmed cases and 353 reported infections, the state government has disclosed. The Acting Statistician-General of Ondo ...

Four out of the 36 suspected Lassa fever cases in Benue State from 3 Local Government areas of Ukum, Okpokwu and Makurdi died of complications. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Asema Msuega ...

Nigeria has recorded 57 new cases and 12 deaths from Lassa fever outbreak across eight states in one week, spanning 20 to 26 January. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC ...

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 health authorities should do more to contain the scourgeIt is bad enough that the disease was named after a village in Nigeria, but it is even more depressing that since 1969, Lassa fever has ...