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Lassa Fever Claims 3 Lives in UK: All You Need To Know About It
For a world grappling with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the news of a fresh virus has spared concern. The Lassa fever has claimed three lives in the United Kingdom, and the countrys health officials have said that it has "pandemic potential".
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101 Die In Nigeria From Lassa Fever Outbreak
A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare up of the virus, according to data from the nation's health authorities released today.
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Scientists Hope a Deadly Virus May Help Fight Brain Cancer
People facing one of medicine's most dreaded diagnoses may someday have an unlikely source of hope: Injections that treat some types of brain cancer with part of a deadly tropical virus.
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US Cuts Resources for Project Involved in Ebola Battle in Sierra Leone
The US government will not renew funding for a major research project into Lassa fever, a decision that will, in turn, cut resources for a facility in Sierra Leone that is at the forefront of the current battle against the Ebola virus.
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Lassa Fever Claims 3 Lives in UK: All You Need To Know About It
For a world grappling with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the news of a fresh virus has spared concern. The Lassa fever has claimed three lives in the United Kingdom, and the countrys health officials have said that it has "pandemic potential".
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101 Die In Nigeria From Lassa Fever Outbreak
A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare up of the virus, according to data from the nation's health authorities released today.
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Scientists Hope a Deadly Virus May Help Fight Brain Cancer
People facing one of medicine's most dreaded diagnoses may someday have an unlikely source of hope: Injections that treat some types of brain cancer with part of a deadly tropical virus.
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US Cuts Resources for Project Involved in Ebola Battle in Sierra Leone
The US government will not renew funding for a major research project into Lassa fever, a decision that will, in turn, cut resources for a facility in Sierra Leone that is at the forefront of the current battle against the Ebola virus.
