An unidentified disease has reportedly affected over 400 people in the rural Kwango Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since October 2024. Some estimates have placed the number of deaths so far in excess of 140,

A mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened at least 416 people and killed 31 in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo may be at least partly caused by malaria, health officials said Tuesday.

The WHO released more information about the outbreak of Disease X in the DRC. Mainly affected children, the cause remains unknown.

A lack of local lab testing, limited infrastructure, and threats from armed groups are slowing down the public health response. View on euronews

A mystery disease has sickened hundreds and killed dozens in Democratic Republic of Congo, yet it took more than a month for a report to be made to the World Health Organization.

Scores of people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers from the WHO are investigating the cause of this mysterious Disease X.

The WHO has sent epidemiologists to the country to uncover the cause of the illness, which has killed more than 70 people, half of them children.

The World Health Organization is sending a team into a rural southwest province of the DRC to investigate a recent outbreak of disease that has killed at least 143 people and sickened nearly 400. The cause of the outbreak remains to be determined.

Congo Virus, 406 cases and 31 deaths have been reported due to an undiagnosed illness. Most of them are under five years old. The numbers refer to the period from October 24 to December 5, 2024,

The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the dark about the origin of a disease that has claimed lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.