The Lassa fever outbreak has spread across 23 states and 109 Local Government Areas since January 2026, NCDC said in its Situation Report for Week 23 (June 1 to June 7). This, the agency said the case ...

The battle against Lassa fever in Nigeria is gradually evolving into a structured scientific campaign driven by research, data, and institutional collaboration.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has challenged Nigerian scientists to accelerate efforts toward developing the ...

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 virus ...

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, on Tuesday challenged Nigerian scientists to identify the fastest pathway towards developing the country’s first Lassa fever ...

Nigerian health authorities on Tuesday declared a new outbreak of Lassa fever that has killed 16 people since early January, despite successfully containing the disease last year. "Since the onset of ...

Lagos – Nigeria’s battle against Lassa fever has taken a more troubling turn, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) disclosing that the disease has claimed 214 lives so far ...

A fresh outbreak of Lassa fever in Benue State has claimed the life of a medical doctor, Dr Vitalis Tersoo Azever, prompting health authorities to ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said that the death toll from the outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria has risen to 191. Health authorities have warned of increasing infections ...

The agency in its Week 8 report said the acute viral haemorrhagic illness killed three people in Edo, two in Taraba, and one in Ondo between February 22 and February 28. The NCDC also reported a total ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has emphasised the growing urgency for Nigerians to maintain rodent-free environments and enhance personal hygiene amid the ongoing Lassa ...

Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives in Nigeria, with the Case Fatality Rate climbing to 25.0 per cent, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said. This is contained in the ...