Dozens of people have died and hundreds have become sick after an unknown illness appeared in Congo’s northwestern Equateur ...

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

The WHO Africa office said the quick progression from sickness to death in Boloko is a key concern, along with the high ...

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The outbreak began in January, with 419 cases recorded so far, and comes after another mystery illness killed 143 in December ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern ...

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

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

A mystery illness has caused over 50 deaths​ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the outbreaks was preliminarily linked to children who had eaten a bat carcass.

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

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