Health Officials Warn Of Deadly, Mystery Disease Rapidly Spreading In Congo
The disease, which has infected more than 400 people and killed 53 within a few weeks, “poses a significant public health ...
Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Western Congo
The outbreak has been traced, tentatively, to three children who ate a bat, the W.H.O. said, and known threats like Ebola and ...
‘Unknown disease’ that can kill within days leaves 53 dead in Congo
World Health Organization officials said the outbreak appeared to originate from a village where three children died after ...
An unknown illness kills over 50 people in Congo, with hours between symptoms and death
The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases. A medical official says that ...
Mystery illness in Congo kills more than 50 people, including children who ate a bat
The outbreak began in January, with 419 cases recorded so far, and comes after another mystery illness killed 143 in December ...
Two clusters of unknown illness kill 50 in Democratic Republic of Congo
More than 50 people have died in recent weeks in two clusters of illness cases with unknown cause being investigated in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on ...
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Unidentified illnesses have killed over 50 people in Congo in last 5 weeks, WHO reports
A yet-unidentified illness has killed 53 people and potentially infected hundreds more in the Democratic Republic of the ...
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World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad
Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese troops ...