Most of 416 infected, 31 dead from mysterious illness in Congo are children, WHO says
Amid investigations into this mysterious disease, health officials have also had to respond to mpox outbreaks in the country.
“Mystery” Illness Strikes The Democratic Republic Of The Congo – What Do We Know?
An unidentified disease has reportedly affected over 400 people in the rural Kwango Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since October 2024. Some estimates have placed the number of deaths so far in excess of 140,
WHO Provides Update About Disease X In Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The WHO released more information about the outbreak of Disease X in the DRC. Mainly affected children, the cause remains unknown.
What’s causing the mysterious outbreak in Congo?
A mystery disease has sickened hundreds and killed dozens in Democratic Republic of Congo, yet it took more than a month for a report to be made to the World Health Organization.
A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert
The WHO has sent epidemiologists to the country to uncover the cause of the illness, which has killed more than 70 people, half of them children.
Mysterious Disease X Kills Scores In Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Scores of people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers from the WHO are investigating the cause of this mysterious Disease X.
Why we still don’t know what’s causing the mystery disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A lack of local lab testing, limited infrastructure, and threats from armed groups are slowing down the public health response. View on euronews
Mystery Illness Outbreak in Congo May Be Malaria
There's early evidence that a mysterious flu-like illness that has sickened 416 people and left 75 dead in the Democ
WHO investigating unidentified illness which has killed at least 143 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The World Health Organization is sending a team into a rural southwest province of the DRC to investigate a recent outbreak of disease that has killed at least 143 people and sickened nearly 400. The cause of the outbreak remains to be determined.
WHO is investigating mystery illness behind 12 dozen deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Meanwhile, the DRC is also contending with a major mpox outbreak, which was declared a public health emergency of international concern in August. In early November, the total number of suspected mpox cases across the continent of Africa topped 50,000, with the DRC bearing a high percentage of those cases.
DR Congo mystery illness: What we know
It is almost impossible to treat an illness like the Disease X that's spreading in DR Congo — medics don't even know whether it is a viral or bacterial infection. So far, the DRC has recorded 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease.
Some patients in mysterious outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have malaria, early testing reveals
A mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened at least 416 people and killed 31 in a remote region of the Democratic ...
Rights group demands probe of ex-governor, 2 army officers in Congo for possible humanitarian crimes
Amnesty International called for an investigation Wednesday into a former governor and two top army officials in Congo for ...
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Congo achieves zero fatality rate for new mpox cases
Congo has achieved a zero fatality rate with new mpox cases, the Health Ministry said Thursday. It said the case fatality ...