How Ebola Lockdowns Failed a Liberian Community
In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood ...
What Is Lassa Fever? Symptoms And How It Spreads
The UK Health Security Agency is investigating possible Lassa fever cases after a traveler was diagnosed with the virus. The ...
What is Lassa fever and what are the symptoms after UK case
The virus, which can trigger seizures and make women bleed from their vagina, also causes difficulty breathing, vomiting, ...
Lassa fever: UK detects case of Ebola-like disease - symptoms you should watch out for
Most people who get Lassa fever have mild symptoms such as fever, feeling weak, headache and sore throat, and recover. More ...
Bleeding eye virus Lassa fever could be in UK after case arrived from Nigeria
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it had been informed a person travelled to England from Nigeria while they were ...
Lassa fever found in UK as officials race to trace contacts of person with Ebola-like disease
Lassa virus is usually contracted through exposure to food or household items that have been contaminated with the urine or ...
Health chiefs issue alert as deadly Ebola-like illness Lassa fever is discovered in the UK
Officials revealed the infected individual travelled from Nigeria to England while they were unwell with the Ebola-like ...
Lassa fever: Ebola-like virus found in person who travelled to the UK
Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’ ...
Ebola-like fever case in UK after infected person arrives on flight from Nigeria
Health officials are concerned about a potential outbreak of Lassa fever, a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, ...