1 day ago · The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring an unknown disease that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday ...

6 days ago · How many deaths have been linked to the mystery disease in Congo? ... A map from the World Health Organization shows where there are cases of an unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of the ...

Feb 24, 2025 · 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.

Feb 26, 2025 · At least 60 people have died and over 1,000 more are sick from a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said.

4 days ago · The mystery behind an unknown illness that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo just 48 hours after they first showed symptoms deepened after the World Health Organization on ...

Feb 25, 2025 · 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.

Between 24 October and 5 December 2024, Panzi health zone in Kwango Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 406 cases of an undiagnosed disease with symptoms of fever, headache, cough, runny nose and body ache.

Feb 25, 2025 · The disease, which has infected people in Congo’s Équateur Province, has been fatal in over 12 percent of cases. ... The unknown outbreak in northwestern Équateur Province is several hundred ...

6 days ago · The remote location of the villages has hindered access to patients while the weak health care infrastructure has made it difficult to carry out surveillance and manage patients. Such challenges are common in disease outbreaks in Congo. In …

6 days ago · Increased disease surveillance has identified in total of 1,096 sick people and 60 deaths in Basankusu and Bolomba fitting a broad case definition of the mysterious illness. In response to the latest cluster, a national rapid response team from Kinshasa and Équateur, including WHO health emergency experts, was deployed to Basankusu and Bolomba ...