As health officials work to contain the continuing outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lessons from that crisis can be applied to more equitably battle Lassa fever, another deadly ...

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 ...

News from the Minnesota Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: A Minnesota traveler returning from Africa has been hospitalized with what the CDC confirms to ...

Lassa virus is a deadly virus endemic to West Africa, where it is primarily spread by rodents. The virus causes Lassa fever, a disease that strikes up to 300,000 each year and typically starts with ...

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 ...

A patient has died after a third case of Lassa fever was confirmed in the UK, the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. What will the next global pandemic look like? Next major pandemic will hit ...

Lassa fever is a viral illness that is far too common in West Africa. Although it can have a mortality rate of 15 percent in severe cases, up to 90% in pregnant women, and causes deafness in a quarter ...