KINSHASA, Congo — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The ...

Uganda's Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed an outbreak of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the western district of Kyegegwa. The laboratory results from samples taken from a ...

Marburg and yellow fever, but researchers have ruled these out based on tests of more than a dozen samples collected so far. The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began ...

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) caused by the CCHF virus, a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus, is a tick-borne acute viral hemorrhagic fever with a high case–fatality ...

A mysterious disease called 'crying disease' is sweeping through parts of Congo, killing over 50 people and infecting more than 400. Symptoms include ...

The disease, which has infected more than 400 people and killed 53 within a few weeks, “poses a significant public health ...

A mysterious disease called 'crying disease' is sweeping through parts of Congo, killing over 50 people and infecting more ...

A mysterious illness in northwestern Congo has claimed the lives of more than 50 people since January, health officials have ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours.

Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated, the World Health Organization said Friday.

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of ...

The illness causes severe symptoms, including fever, vomiting, internal bleeding, and rapid deterioration, with most victims succumbing to the disease within 48 hours of the first signs of illness.