In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood ...

As the Economic Community of West African States marks its 50th anniversary, GIFT HABIB reflects on its journey from an ...

He expressed confidence that Liberia will overcome this challenge, citing past crises like the 2008/2009 global food, fuel, and financial crisis, the Ebola outbreak, and the COVID-19 pandemic. He ...

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’ ...

Heads of various foreign missions accredited to Liberia vow to stand with the government and people of Liberia in the wake of the United States Government's cut in aid.On February 28, 2025, Liberia's ...

Liberian policemen, right, dressed in riot gear disperse a crowd of people that blocked a main road after the body of someone suspected of dying from the Ebola virus was not removed by health ...

Most people who get Lassa fever have mild symptoms such as fever, feeling weak, headache and sore throat, and recover. More ...

Liberia, a west African country with a population of five million including the world's poorest, is seeking stability after years of civil wars and an Ebola epidemic in 2014. According to the NGO ...

President Obama is sending military personnel and $750 million to Liberia and other Ebola-afflicted countries in West Africa. At this point, such aid might offer the only hope of containing this ...

Lassa virus is usually contracted through exposure to food or household items that have been contaminated with the urine or ...