A mysterious illness has killed at least 23 people in southern Guinea in six weeks, but the disease has yet to be positively identified, the health ministry announced Thursday.
Mar 20, 2014
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Mali said on Tuesday it was clear of the Ebola epidemic suspected to be behind around 130 deaths this year in Guinea and Liberia.
Apr 15, 2014
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The World Health Organization says as many as 450 people may have been infected with Lassa fever in Nigeria in less than five weeks.
Feb 13, 2018
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Federal and New Jersey health officials have identified more than 150 people who possibly had contact with a patient who died of Lassa Fever.
May 28, 2015
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Identifying vulnerabilities to outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever is possible following new research from the University of Surrey and University of Cambridge. This will aid government agencies and health organisations in ...
Jun 4, 2019
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In 2014, West Africa encountered its worst recorded outbreak of Ebola with over 11,000 reported deaths. The memory of this crisis hadn't faded yet when Ebola reared its ugly head again this month in the Democratic Republic ...
Aug 6, 2018
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A case of Lassa fever has been reported in Paris, France, sparking lurid warnings about the "horrific Ebola-like bug".
May 13, 2024
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Thirty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria since the start of this year, the health minister said, with cases of the viral disease recorded across the country.
Feb 6, 2018
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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.
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