The Lassa fever vaccine candidate — a replication-competent recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-vectored vaccine encoding a Lassa virus (LASV) glycoprotein complex (rVSVΔG-LASV-GPC) — demonstrated ...
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 ...
The ECOWAS Lassa International Conference builds on the first convening held in Abuja in 2019, when the country came together to mark fifty years since the discovery of Lassa fever. Despite decades of ...
In an historic moment for regional solidarity and leadership, West African Ministers of Health pledge their joint commitment to advance the development of, and readiness for, much-needed vaccines ...
The first volunteer has received a dose in a first-in-human trial of Oxford’s Lassa vaccine, marking a major milestone in the fight against the deadly virus. This was disclosed on Thursday by the ...