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

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.

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

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

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

At least 50 people have died from a mystery illness discovered in three children who ate a dead bat, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Newsweek has contacted the World Health Organization ...

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

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 ...

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

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

More than 400 cases have been recorded since the outbreak in January, with most deaths occurring within 48 hours of the onset ...

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