Could the "Wetland virus" be the next global health threat? Transmitted by ticks, this virus is raising concerns. First ...

When a mysterious and deadly illness began to sicken members of the Navajo community in the Four Corners region of the ...

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. AN IOWAN HAS DIED AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE VIRUS CALLED LASSA FEVER. THE STATE’S MEDICAL DIRECTOR SAYS THE WOMAN MAY HAVE CONTRACTED IT DURING A TRIP TO WEST AFRICA.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — An Iowa resident has died from a suspected case of Lassa fever. Health officials are investigating the death, likely caused by a viral disease rarely seen in the U.S ...

Researchers are studying Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic disease endemic to several West African countries and transmitted by rodents (AFP via Getty Images) This election is still a dead heat ...

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 ...

An Iowa resident who returned to the United States from travel to West Africa died Monday of a rare hemorrhagic fever, health officials said. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa has died from Lassa fever, state health officials ... up isolation precautions for viral hemorrhagic fevers like Lassa virus.

Lassa fever is "an acute viral hemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus," according to the World Health Organization. "Lassa fever is a potentially life-threatening viral disease," Dr. Albert Ko ...

A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching Lassa fever, state officials said Monday. The virus, which is in the same viral hemorrhagic fever category ...

O157. Symptoms include diarrhea or bloody diarrhea with corresponding abdominal cramps and nausea. In some cases, vomiting ...