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The Kwara State Rapid Response Team (RRT) has dismissed as false reports circulating on social media that a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) died of Lassa fever at the state’s orientation camp. The clarification followed a swift investigation initiated after an online post on Sunday, February 8, 2026, alleged that a corps…
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Promises faded. Funding lagged. And now, Lassa fever is killing more Nigerians than ever before. When the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) declared Lassa fever a public health emergency on January 22, 2019, it was meant to be a turning point—a signal that the country was ready to confront a deadly but neglected disease….
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The Edo State Government has confirmed 13 deaths from an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, Director of Public Health at the State Ministry of Health, gave the update during an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Benin. According to him, three cases of Mpox otherwise known as Monkeypox was also…
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