The Oyo State Rapid Response Team, on Thursday, confirmed four deaths linked to a suspected Lassa fever outbreak in the Saki ...

Palpable fear enveloped Saki in Oyo state after a doctor and three nurses died in the same hospital within 72 hoursResidents ...

At least four persons including a 32-year-old female who was preparing for her wedding have been confirmed dead from ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa has died from Lassa fever, state health officials confirmed Monday. "I want to assure Iowans that the risk of transmission is ...

Lassa fever is primarily spread by rats found in West Africa, the CDC says. An Iowa resident has died after contracting a suspected case of Lassa fever, health officials said. The patient was ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The person, whose name and age were not shared, had recently ...

In rare cases, the virus can be transmitted from person to person through direct contact with an infected person's body ...

Lassa fever is an illness caused by a virus that spreads to people through contact with infected rodents commonly found in West Africa, according to the CDC. Multimammate rats, one of the common ...

Lassa fever is not usually spread between humans through casual contact. Typically, the virus is transmitted when someone ...

This follows a confirmation of 4 deaths by The Oyo State Rapid Response Team (RRT) from the ministry of health which visited the affected area in Saki following distress calls from residents on what ...

A middle-aged patient has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from a state health department. Here's what you need ...

"Lassa fever is a potentially life-threatening viral disease," Dr. Albert Ko, the Raj and Indra Nooyi professor of public health at the Yale School of Public Health, told ABC News.