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The infectious disease Lassa fever can be fatal, and there is a lack of treatment options with proven efficacy. Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf ...
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A new study led by researchers at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill shows an urgent need for improved detection and treatment of ...
Mar 4, 2026
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African health authorities on Thursday confirmed a possible outbreak of an unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever in southern Ethiopia that is under investigation after eight suspected cases were reported.
Nov 13, 2025
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Every day, clues are released about a population's health through toilets, sinks, showers, and tubs. In wealthier countries like the United States, sewer networks collect tiny bits of feces, urine, skin cells, sweat, and ...
Aug 14, 2025
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Health-funding cuts are wreaking havoc on many African countries' ability to gain control of diseases such as cholera, according to the continent's main health-advisory body.
Jun 20, 2025
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A vaccine candidate against Lassa virus completely protected guinea pigs exposed to an otherwise lethal dose of the virus, researchers from Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed), The Scripps Research Institute ...
Dec 18, 2024
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Health officials are investigating the case of an Iowa resident who died of Lassa fever after traveling recently to West Africa. The Ebola-like virus is rarely seen in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Maryland Baltimore, in collaboration with the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and the Geneva Foundation, have ...
Sep 12, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the University of Oxford have for the first time been able to estimate the current burden of Lassa fever, project the impacts of a Lassa fever vaccination program and demonstrate ...
Aug 28, 2024
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Rummaging in the darkness of a tiny mud and thatch home in eastern Sierra Leone, ecologist James Koninga plucks a metal rat trap from under a collapsed bedframe.
Jul 4, 2024
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