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 ...

Death toll from Lassa fever has risen to 127, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). This information was disclosed in a situation report released on Tuesday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) recorded 14 new confirmed cases and three deaths from Lassa fever cases in one week, spanning 24 to 30 March, 2025. The NCDC stated ...

Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic illness spread primarily through infected rodents, is rapidly spreading across Nigeria, prompting urgent public health warnings and straining the nation’s ...

Lassa fever has claimed five lives in one week from 15 confirmed cases reported across six states and 11 Local Government Areas (LGAs), according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

ABUJA, March 31 (Reuters) - Lassa fever killed 118 people in Nigeria in the first three months of this year, the West African country's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that between January and March, Nigeria recorded 3,465 suspected cases of Lassa fever across 91 local government areas in 33 ...

Eighteen Nigeria states have recorded at least one confirmed case of Lassa fever shave recorded at least one confirmed case, through it's suspected that the virus has spread to as many as 33 states.

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 ...