Lassa fever: Why there’s a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa’s most populous nation to be declared a …

A model to predict diseases that transfer from animals to humans

The study tested the model with Lassa fever, a disease endemic to western Africa and is caused by the Lassa virus which passes on to people …

Lassa fever kills 41 in Nigeria

The first case of the viral disease in the country was reported in November 2015

Amid Ebola crisis, West Africa fears Lassa fever outbreak

Symptoms of Lassa mimic the initial symptoms of Ebola virus disease

Climate change may aid spread of Lassa fever from west to east Africa by 2070: Report

The number of people at risk of exposure to Lassa fever in Africa would increase by 600%, according to new study

Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?

A peculiar situation for Nigeria was that the food price increases varied across the country. Some states felt the hit of food price inflation …