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 has died after contracting a frightening viral disease, similar to Ebola, that leaves victims bleeding from their ... symptoms occur and the virus is not spread by casual contact.

Lassa fever is much less likely to be fatal than other viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola or Marburg virus; an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda has infected 65 people and resulted in 15 deaths.

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 ...

In these countries, the virus causes several hundred thousand ... Of the diseases that cause viral hemorrhagic fevers — things like Ebola and Marburg fever — Lassa is probably the one ...

With viral hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola and Marburg ... with suspected viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs). VHFs, such as Ebola virus disease, Marburg virus disease, and Lassa fever, are highly ...

Marburg Virus Outbreak In Rwanda: "Marburg virus in Rwanda is over," Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana said during a press ...

Rwanda's health minister on Thursday said the outbreak of the often fatal Marburg virus in the country was at an end, with no new cases for nearly two weeks.