When the throbbing headache set in, Dr Menelas Nkeshimana was convinced his time was up. The 42-year-old doctor had been in ...

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Researchers develop a laboratory toolkit to assist frontline healthcare facilities or the care of patients with suspected ...

The rare viral hemorrhagic fever can be transmitted among humans through infected body fluids, but not casual contact such as ...

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) caused by the CCHF virus, a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus, is a tick-borne acute viral hemorrhagic fever with a high case–fatality ...

Health officials are looking into the death of an Iowan resident, who succumbed to the symptoms of Lassa fever, a viral illness seldom witnessed in the US.

Lassa Fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) caused by the Lassa virus, primarily spreads through contact with ...

From fever and joint pain to more serious conditions like hemorrhagic fever and organ damage, dengue can have long-lasting effects on health. With dengue cases on the rise, particularly in regions ...

The middle-aged resident had returned to Iowa from West Africa early in October, Iowa public health officials said.

An Iowa resident who returned to the United States from travel to West Africa died Monday of a rare hemorrhagic fever, health ...

No specific therapies have been confirmed to be efficacious in the treatment of patients with CCHF. Differential diagnosis is extremely important, and it is necessary to consider other possible ...

Lassa fever has similar symptoms to the Ebola virus, causing hemorrhagic fever. However, experts say it's far less likely to be fatal than Ebola. State and federal officials have said the risk of ...