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

The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease ...

More than 50 people have died in recent weeks in two clusters of illness cases with unknown cause being investigated in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on ...

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 ...

At least 60 people have died and over 1,000 more are sick from a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in a region of the ...

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

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

The fast-spreading mystery illness has killed scores of people, with nearly half dying within 48 hours of showing symptoms, ...

At least 53 people have died from a fast-spreading illness in two villages, with symptoms proving fatal within 48 hours. The World Health Organization has been monitoring the outbreak since January.

A mystery illness has caused 60 deaths​ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the outbreaks was preliminarily linked to children who had eaten a bat carcass.

A condition that has killed at least 50 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo this month is suspected to be malaria or food poisoning, local health officials said on Thursday. At least 943 ...