A man in western Congo died Thursday with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, leading officials to suspect that a still-unidentified ...

A combination of viral respiratory infections, malaria and malnutrition has killed nearly 50 people in the African country.

But the mysterious flu-like disease that has killed more than 143 people — mainly women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been identified. "The mystery has ...

Other highly lethal influenza viruses, like bird flu, have not spread easily. "It makes it very worrying," he said. Plus, the Democratic Republic of Congo has a very weak health system and remains ...

Further tests found seasonal flu, rhinovirus, COVID, and other common respiratory viruses, alongside malaria and ...

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 ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like ...

A mysterious illness causing flu-like symptoms and dozens of deaths in southwestern Congo could be malaria, health officials said on Wednesday. In recent weeks, the mystery disease has affected ...

Congo authorities said last week that they suspected malaria in the flu-like disease outbreak, which has killed at least 37 people and in which more than four out of five patients have tested ...