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 ...

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

The World Health Organization has reported that there is a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in one region within the Democratic Republic of Congo. Local health officials in Congo are partnering with ...

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 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.

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

While health officials grapple with this unknown disease in the west, medical facilities in the eastern part of the country are overwhelmed, according to WHO, with Congo’s prime minister ...