The Kano State Government has announced an emergency rat eradication exercise in Garun Malam Local Government Area following ...

Abuja: The death toll of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 127, public health authorities said. A total of 674 ...

Death toll from Lassa fever has risen to 127, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). This ...

Delta State has tightened its grip on the 1st Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) 2025, leading the medals table with 19 total medals (Nine gold, four silver, six bronze) while delivering a ...

The Golden State Valkyries have officially signed Temi Fagbenle, who they selected in their expansion draft in December after she was left unprotected by the Indiana Fever. Fagbenle, a 32-year-old ...

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) last Sunday said at least 118 people have died from Lassa fever since the start of the year. In a statement, it said 3,465 suspected ...

Lassa fever killed 118 people in Nigeria in the first ... which is carried by rodents and was first recognised in 1969 in the northeastern state of Borno, has killed thousands of people over ...

The NCDC said it had deployed Rapid Response Teams to 10 states, but has called for intensified efforts from state governments and the private sector to deal with the outbreak. Lassa fever presents ...

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 ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 645 Lassa fever cases out of 3,465 suspected cases from January to March 2025, in 33 states, across 91 local councils.

The agency has also activated the Lassa Fever National Emergency Operations Centre (LF-EOC) at Response Level two to enhance coordination among Federal and state authorities, local governments and ...