A mysterious illness outbreak in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has now been identified as an acute ...

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

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 ...

New report by WHO states that mystery disease affecting Kwango Province in the Congo probably caused by respiratory viruses ...

Malaria and common respiratory infections, compounded by malnutrition, caused an hitherto unexplained spate of deaths in the ...

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 ...

WHO links mystery illness in DR Congo to malaria and viral respiratory infections Kinsasha, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The World ...

Preliminary laboratory findings suggest that a mystery illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and malaria, the World ...

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

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 ...