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Asema Msuega, Physician and Benue State Epidemiologist, has raised the alarm over the outbreak of seven fresh suspected cases ...

Health authorities in Benue State have recorded seven new suspected cases of Lassa fever, raising fresh concern over the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NEXSTAR) — Health officials are investigating the death of an Iowa resident believed to have contracted Lassa fever, a viral ...

An Iowa resident has died after contracting a suspected case of Lassa fever, health officials said. The patient was diagnosed Tuesday after returning to the United States from West Africa earlier this ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The person, whose name and age were not shared, had recently ...

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 ...

(CNN) — A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching Lassa fever, state officials said Monday. The virus, which is in the same viral hemorrhagic fever ...

(NEXSTAR) — Health officials are investigating the death of an Iowa resident believed to have contracted Lassa fever, a viral disease rarely seen in the U.S. The resident, who has not been identified, ...

Health officials are investigating the death Monday of an Iowa resident as a suspected case of Lassa fever, a frightening viral disease rarely seen in the U.S., health officials said. The patient ...