Health officials are investigating the death of an Iowa resident as a suspected case of Lassa fever, a frightening viral ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident who was being treated at the University of Iowa has died from Lassa fever, a viral illness that ...

In West Africa, the virus is carried by rodents and spread to humans ... In severe cases, the patient may have bleeding; ...

Lassa fever can cause permanent hearing loss and deafness among patients with both mild and severe cases. About 1 in 3 cases ...

vomiting, facial swelling, shock and pain in the chest, back and abdomen in more severe cases, according to the CDC. The infected individual — who returned to the US from West Africa earlier ...

Nausea, intense muscular pain, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhoea ... cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in South Africa, accounting for 23% of all cancers. It is also one of the ...

Current statistics reveal that South Africa has only 1 712 EHPs ... stomach cramps, and vomiting, reportedly after eating atchar bought from a street vendor. Furthermore, the KwaZulu-Natal ...

Because the symptoms of high fever, headache, general body malaise, body aches, muscle pains and at times even vomiting and diarrhoea ... in Central and West Africa. It spreads through close ...

It is spread by West African multimammate rats ... Some people may develop bleeding, vomiting, difficulty breathing, facial swelling and pain in the back, chest or stomach. The overall case ...

Some people may develop vomiting, difficulty breathing ... Early information suggests the patient had contact with rodents in West Africa. The virus is carried by rodents and spread to humans ...

It is a severe, often fatal illness with symptoms including headache, fever, muscle pains, vomiting blood and bleeding ... The WHO's Africa director Dr Matshidiso Moeti said the virus had the ...