In its latest situation report for Epidemiological Week 14 (March 31 to April 6), the NCDC revealed that the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) for the week has risen to 33.3%. The most affected states ...

"It has the highest case fatality rate of all the autoimmune rheumatic diseases—worse than rheumatoid arthritis and lupus," says Hinchcliff, associate professor of medicine (rheumatology ...

So far, 127 deaths have been recorded, resulting in a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 18.8%—slightly higher than the same period last year (18.5%). According to the NCDC, the epicentres of the ...

The agency also noted a reduction in both the number of deaths and the case fatality rate for the two diseases. As of epidemiological week 16, Nigeria recorded 4,253 suspected cases of Lassa fever ...