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The music industry may have been blessed with great artistes in the last decade or more but it is about to welcome another music star that would change the game for good. With the entrance of Mickael into the mainstream industry with her…

Researchers have underscored the need of diagnostic testing for Lassa Virus Disease (LVD) in children with fever in endemic areas in Nigeria to facilitate its control, especially in hospitals. In a new study, researchers found that at…

Doctors in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital have confirmed a case of lassa fever in the state as a patient was said to have been found positive of the disease. The patient, who is from Angwan Kura in the town was said to have visited Federal…

The Rivers ministry of health has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in a private health facility in the state. The commissioner for health, Dr Theophilus Odagme, disclosed to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the patient had been…

There is palpable tension  in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, as residents in the city are beginning to place restrictions on certain areas of the town believed to have been invaded by Lassa fever  disease. One of the residents in…

A total of 396 people have been placed on surveillance as a result of the death of an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, Mrs. Abolanle Adewuyi,  of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, who reportedly died of Lassa fever. This was disclosed…

THE Ondo State government on Wednesday said three fresh cases of the virulent and deadly Lassa fever have been identified in two local government areas of the state. Disclosing this after the Disease Surveillance and Notification…

Democratic Republic of Congo declared a yellow fever epidemic in three provinces including the capital Kinshasa on Monday after confirming 67 cases of the disease, with another 1,000 suspected cases being monitored. Health Minister Felix…