The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease spreads in the region.

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

The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

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

Federal health officials are monitoring the outbreak of a deadly and mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to UPI.

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As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

Laboratory testing has proven that a recent deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was caused by malaria ...

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, even before the Rwanda-backed M23 seized ...

Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the country, driven by an escalating conflict between the government and Rwandan-backed rebels in the ...

LONDON − More than 50 people have died in recent weeks in two clusters of illness cases with unknown cause being investigated in northwest Congo, the World Health Organization said.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a vast country in Africa with rich mineral deposits that have been fought over for decades. In recent months, the rebel group M23 has expanded its control in ...