In 2025, Nigeria battled several diseases, highlighting the perennial challenges in infectious disease control, immunisation coverage, sanitation, ...

While these outbreaks are occurring during the Lassa fever season in countries where the disease is endemic, the speed of escalation is of concern. The largest outbreak thus far has affected 16 states ...

Nigerian health authorities on Tuesday declared a new outbreak of Lassa fever that has killed 16 people since early January, despite successfully containing the disease last year. "Since the onset of ...

Nigeria has recorded 33 new confirmed cases of Lassa fever in Epidemiological Week 49, pushing the national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) to 18.2 per cent, the ...

Today for the first time since October, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is reporting three new H9N2 avian flu cases, all with symptom onset in November. The patients came from Guangdong ...

He said the incident manager would also sensitise the public on preventive measures through media engagement and capacity ...

The resurgence of Lassa fever in Nigeria has sparked concern, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirming 70 fatalities so far in 2025. Between January 27 and February ...

…records 400 suspected cases The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IVHN) has built and equipped a laboratory for lassa fever testing at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Akure, the Ondo State Edo ...

No fewer than 1,738 deaths from cholera, Lassa fever, measles and diphtheria outbreaks were recorded nationwide in 2025, Saturday PUNCH gathered.This is according to official situation reports ...

LAGOS, March 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria is battling a severe Lassa fever outbreak with 535 confirmed cases and 98 deaths reported across 14 states since the start of this year, an 18.3% case fatality rate ...

The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Baamlong, has confirmed two cases of Lassa fever in the state, with two associated fatalities.