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A mysterious disease has killed at least 71 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent weeks – and officials have no idea what it is. The disease is “still of unknown origin ...
The disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was previously unknown, was officially identified as malaria, according to a Telegraph report citing the country's health ministry ...
They sound like common symptoms. But a strange new virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is killing about 7.6 per cent of those who catch it. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is reporting ...
An “undiagnosed” flu-like disease has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent weeks.. There have been at least 376 cases reported since Oct. 24 of patients ...
A flu-like illness that’s sickened hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a mix of diseases common in the region that have morphed into severe forms in a population weakened ...
The mysterious flue-like disease termed as 'Disease X' has lead to the death of 79 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since late October 2024. Official reports say that the disease was of ...
A cluster of deaths linked to a mysterious illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be the result of a poisoning or bacterial meningitis, the WHO has suggested.
With a dramatic jump in cases — and a strain of mpox that is deadlier than the virus that went global in 2022 — specialists are scrambling to rein it in.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to contain an mpox outbreak that has spread across the country. Health officials say some 600 people have died since the beginning of this year, and ...
What we know about the mystery disease killing dozens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo A doctor does rounds at the general hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in August 2024 ...
Major mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a worry to disease docs Updated April 2, 2024 6:54 AM ET Originally published March 27, 2024 5:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition ...
The palms of a patient with mpox during an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. The country is now seeing a dramatic spike in mpox — with a strain that is deadlier than the one ...