With 208 deaths from Lassa fever and 67 fatalities from cholera already recorded in 2026, Nigeria is grappling with multiple ...

Although Nigeria is yet to record any confirmed case of the deadly virus, the NCDC has ramped up nationwide surveillance and other preventive strategies to block importation and potential local ...

T cells are a major component to the immune system. They are responsible for identifying and targeting foreign material and ...

The Bundibugyo virus (Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense) outbreak in DR Congo has already registered over 300 confirmed cases, including more than 40 deaths (as of May 31, 2026).1 Transmission has been ...

The research identified conserved viral epitopes shared across paramyxoviruses, suggesting that activating cross-reactive T ...

From Nipah and Marburg to the mysterious Disease X, these deadly diseases have one thing in common: no vaccine and the ...

There is a particular kind of complacency that sets in when a disaster is happening somewhere else. We watch it on the news, ...

Nigeria is only 59 per cent prepared to respond to a potential Ebola outbreak, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, has disclosed, ...

The Lagos State Government has advocated measures that would reduce interaction between passengers arriving from high-risk countries and other travellers, while maintaining efficient airport ...

In a public health advisory issued on Thursday, the agency highlights concerns over delayed detection, healthcare-associated transmission, and the vulnerability of frontline health workers if the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has placed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and nine other states on heightened Ebola ...

According to him, all states and the Federal Capital Territory must maintain Ebola preparedness, although readiness efforts ...