The disease, which has infected more than 400 people and killed 53 within a few weeks, “poses a significant public health ...

Over 50 deaths have been linked to an "unknown disease" in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January. Nearly half ...

At least 50 people have died from a mystery illness discovered in three children who ate a dead bat, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Newsweek has contacted the World Health Organization ...

Symptoms of the illness include fever, vomiting, and internal bleeding, with most patients dying within 48 hours of onset.

The WHO warns that the overlap of a second outbreak in the village of Bomate, starting February 9, has intensified the crisis.

A yet-unidentified illness has killed 53 people and potentially infected hundreds more in the Democratic Republic of the ...

Over 50 deaths have been linked to an "unknown disease" in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January. Nearly half ...

The outbreak has been traced, tentatively, to three children who ate a bat, the W.H.O. said, and known threats like Ebola and ...

World Health Organization officials said the outbreak appeared to originate from a village where three children died after ...

In a February 16 bulletin, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that “two clusters of cases and deaths from an unknown disease have emerged” in the country’s Équateur Province, with a total of 431 ...

A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed 53 people in Congo, with preliminary investigations linking the outbreak to ...

The rapid progression of the illness, with many patients dying within 48 hours of symptom onset, has raised significant ...