An Institut Pasteur team has developed an original vaccine platform known as MOPEVAC, that will strengthen the organization’s ...

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Sunday said at least a 118 people have died from Lassa fever ...

NCDC Director General Dr. Jide Idris said RRTs’ deployment became necessary following the identification of 3,465 suspected Lassa fever cases across 91 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 33 States ...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, ...

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and that causes permanent hearing loss. March 20, 2025 – A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a ...

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.

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, ...

Cedar fever, also called allergic rhinitis, isn’t exactly what it sounds like. It usually doesn't involve a fever. It's not the flu or a virus — it’s an extreme allergy. Cedar fever is ...

If you are an adult with a fever over 104 F (40 C), call your healthcare provider. If it is over 105 F (40.5 C), go to your nearest emergency room. For a newborn, a fever of 100.4 F (38 C) requires ...

The United Kingdom (UK) has been put on high alert after a traveler who recently visited the country tested positive for Lassa fever. The individual, who had traveled from Nigeria to England ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who succumbed to Lassa fever after returning from the United Kingdom. The NCDC, which ...