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, the WHO said.

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

At least 50 people have died from a mystery illness discovered in three children who ate a dead bat, in the Democratic ...

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

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

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

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

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

An unknown disease that poses a ‘significant public health threat’ has already killed more than 50 people. The disease ...

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

An outbreak of an unknown virus which has already killed more than 50 people risks spreading beyond the borders of Congo, ...

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