LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of the Congo – The nation's health ministry said Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country's Panzi health zone is a severe form ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the southwestern Kwango province is a severe form of malaria.

An initially "unknown" illness affecting hundreds ... Although malaria is endemic to the Congo, pinpointing the disease as a culprit in the unfolding situation is a complicated task.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) estimates that about three million vaccines are still needed to bring the outbreak under control in Congo, despite only 50,000 ...

Medical teams have been dispatched to take samples of the disease ... died from an unknown disease that is causing flu-like symptoms in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ...

A “mystery disease” recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 ...

KINSHASA (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Jan. 17 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The mysterious disease plaguing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is caused by severe malaria aggravated by ...

Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases ... the Congo. Although the report presents a more detailed picture of the outbreak, experts reiterated that the cause remains unknown.

malaria and acute malnutrition is most likely the source of what was initially thought to be a “mystery disease” in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health ...

Notably, Disease X was a term coined by WHO to describe a hypothetical, unknown pathogen with epidemic or pandemic potential. The WHO listed the Democratic Republic of the Congo as having one of ...

In early December, international alarm bells went off because of a mysterious disease circulating in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... be described as "unknown" or simply ...