Ian Nichols and the National Geographic Society Is there a link to Congo’s forests? There have long been concerns about diseases jumping from animals to humans in places where people regularly ...

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.

Some experts attribute the outbreak to wildlife consumption and Congo’s vast rainforests, which serve as breeding grounds for numerous deadly pathogens ... transfer from animals to humans.

Despite the risks from deadly armed groups roaming the countryside, Judith Kahindo walks alone every day to her isolated ...

KINSHASA — Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 ... which was also linked to an infected animal. However, Ebola and similar diseases including Marburg have ...