Early this month, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported that an unknown, flu-like illness had killed dozens in the country within a few months. The World Health ...

A mystery illness found in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been officially identified as a severe form of malaria. The disease has sickened nearly 600 people, mostly children ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown ...

DAKAR, Senegal — (AP) — A man in western Congo died Thursday with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, leading officials to suspect that a still-unidentified virus may be involved alongside malaria in ...

The disease outbreak was identified as a combination of malaria, respiratory infection and malnutrition. In early December, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC ...

WHO warned that the threat of infectious diseases has multiplied in a region where cholera, malaria, measles, meningitis, ...

KINSHASA (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Jan. 17 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The mysterious disease plaguing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is caused by severe malaria aggravated by ...

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has escalated, increasing the risk of spreading diseases like cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, and mpox. Fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese ...

Mpox containment efforts also severely disrupted, with 90% of patients fleeing isolation units, according to representative in North Kivu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

Finally, on Tuesday (Dec. 17), the cause of the sicknesses was announced: severe malaria potentially complicated by malnutrition. Reuters covered the news, citing a statement from the Congo's ...