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

A mystery illness has caused 60 deaths​ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the outbreaks was preliminarily linked to ...

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

According to WHO, almost half died within 48 hours of falling ill, showing symptoms including fever, pain, vomiting and ...

A mysterious disease called 'crying disease' is sweeping through parts of Congo, killing over 50 people and infecting more ...

A general view of the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 28, 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Harold Cunningham/Getty ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday it was on "maximum alert" over a mystery disease that has killed dozens of ...

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

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them ...

The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases. A medical official says that ...

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, and 419 cases have been recorded including 53 deaths.

A mysterious disease has swept through northwestern Congo, claiming over 50 lives in the past five weeks. Nearly half of the ...