AN OUTBREAK of horrifying 'rat fever' has infected 3,700 people and killed 122 since the start of the year. Lassa fever - spread by infected rodents - is tearing through Nigeria, with health ...

There's no prophylaxis for Lassa fever for now." The current outbreak comes months after the NCDC first raised concerns in December 2024 about a spike in infections. By the end of 2024 ...

Due to the ongoing outbreak of Lassa fever in parts of the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has deployed its Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to Kogi, Plateau ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a continued rise in Lassa fever cases, with 15 new confirmed infections and five additional deaths recorded in Week 14 of ...

As the death toll from the Lassa Fever outbreak continues to increase across the country, Sandra Victor-Gwafan, co-founder, CEO of DeBranch Farmers and public health expert, urged farmers and ...

A Phase Ia clinical trial led by a research team at the Institut Pasteur is set to begin for the platform's first vaccine candidate, which targets Lassa fever, a hemorrhagic fever responsible for ...

Idris said the three states contributed 71 per cent of the 660 confirmed Lassa fever cases recorded between January and the end of March 2025, with Ondo accounting for 30 per cent, Bauchi 25 per ...

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Coker said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25 ...