The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported one death and confirmed 15 new cases of lassa fever within one week across the country.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has commenced an investigation into a strange illness identified in parts of Sokoto State. 

The Kogi Commissioner for Health, Dr Adams Abdulazeez, has refuted reports of any outbreak of Lassa fever in any of the Local Government Areas of the state. Abdulazeez, in a news briefing in Lokoja on Tuesday, said that there was no case of Lassa fever outbreak in the last four weeks in Kogi, as being…

There are apprehensions in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital over a possible outbreak of Lassa fever following the death of a student of Federal University Lokoja on Sunday. There are claims that a male student of the university fell sick and was taken to Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where his sample was taken and sent…

A total of 4, 726 suspected cases of Lassa fever, 776 confirmed and 142 deaths have been recorded in 27 states across 123 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country. Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Taraba, and Benue are the hot spots and account for 81 percent of the Lassa fever cases in the country.  Similarly, about…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has registered new cases of Lassa fever and 20 deaths across 16 states in one week.

There is nothing healthy about living in a home infested with rats however small or big. Rats spread a lot of diseases such as plague, salmonellosis, leptospirosis, tularemia, Lassa fever, Eosinophilic meningitis, angiostrongylus cantonensis etc.

Again, Lassa fever is on the prowl in Nigeria and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) is battling to bring it under control and ensure less infections and deaths.

With over 200 deaths to Lassa Fever in 2023 and 108 deaths so far in 2024, PAUL ADUWOKE writes on the causes and symptoms of the disease and the efforts of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and other stakeholders to contain the current outbreak. Again, Lassa fever is on the prowl…

Nigeria has recorded 3,213 suspected Lassa fever infections, 583 confirmed cases and 108 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 18.8 per cent since January this year.

Continued spread of Lassa fever in the country has raised concerns among stakeholders on measures to contain it, citing the need to intensify campaigns about personal and environmental hygiene.

The confirmation of a Lassa fever case in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp at Damare, Girei Local Council, by the Adamawa State Ministry of Ministry, has brought tension to the camp.