The experimental vaccine is being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford, a UK-based research institution, with support from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says 215 deaths were recorded from Lassa fever in 2025, with the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says 1,119 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were recorded in 2025, ...

Due to the ongoing outbreak of Lassa fever in parts of the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has deployed its Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to Kogi, Plateau, Ondo, ...

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 ...

Plateau has recorded 17 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever with five persons killed, according to Dr Kunden Deyin, the states health commissioner. According to him, 13 persons on admission are responding ...

Favipiravir, an investigational antiviral drug currently being tested in West Africa as a treatment for Ebola virus disease, effectively treated Lassa virus infection in guinea pigs, according to a ...