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

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.

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A middle-aged patient has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from a state health department. Here's what you need ...

Lassa fever has reached the US for the first time in a decade, in a case that has surprised health officials .

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

Lassa fever is a viral illness spread by the “multimammate rat” found in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the CDC. Named ...

The middle-aged Iowa resident had recently returned from travel to West Africa, where it is believed they contracted the ...

Hurricane Helene wrecked a Baxter International factory that produced 60 percent of the country’s IV fluids. Nearly 25,000 people who need IV nutrition are scrambling.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a “middle-aged eastern Iowa resident” died of Lassa fever. The ...