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A senior medical doctor with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria has died of Lassa fever in Benue State, forcing health authorities to restart a fresh round of disease surveillance just as the state prepared to declare itself free of the viral haemorrhagic illness. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul…
The World Health Organisation has assessed the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s escalating Ebola outbreak as high at both national and regional levels, even as the United Nations health agency stopped short of declaring it a global pandemic emergency. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the assessment public on Wednesday, confirming…
Health authorities across Africa have confirmed a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fresh alarms over cross-border transmission risks as regional governments scramble to contain the spread. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) announced the outbreak on Friday, confirming it had struck Ituri…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 109 deaths from Lassa fever in the first nine weeks of 2026, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 23.2 per cent — significantly higher than the 18.7 per cent recorded during the same period in 2025. Between Week 1 and Week 9 of…
A major six-year study has warned that Lassa fever is being dangerously underdiagnosed, with a “substantial number” of infections slipping through routine clinical screening. The PREPARE study, led by the University of North Carolina and published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, found that 11% of patients admitted with general fevers in Liberia actually had Lassa…
JALINGO — A devastating Lassa fever outbreak has claimed at least 15 lives in Taraba State, marking the most widespread occurrence of the disease in over a decade. Health officials confirmed that 49 individuals have tested positive for the viral haemorrhagic fever across several local government areas. Dr. Suleiman Kirim, Acting Head of Clinical Services…
