Testing has confirmed that an initially unidentified illness that killed more than 50 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo was malaria, the country's National Public Health Institute (INSP ...

The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease spreads in the region.

World Health Organization officials said the outbreak appeared to originate from a village where three children died after reportedly eating a bat carcass.

The outbreak began in January, with 419 cases recorded so far, and comes after another mystery illness killed 143 in December ...

Health officials do not know the cause of the outbreaks, or whether the cases in the two remote villages are related ...

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

Health experts say 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.

Over 1,000 people are sick from the mystery disease, health officials said. At least 60 people have died and over 1,000 more are sick from a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in a region of the ...

As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback in its fight against the mpox outbreak.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa . No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration’s decision to terminate 90 ...