A deadly outbreak in western Congo has caused concern among health authorities as nearly 592 cases have been reported. While ...

A mystery illness found in a remote part of Congo has been officially identified as a severe form of malaria, which has ...

A mysterious disease outbreak in Panzi, a remote area of western Congo, has led to 37 confirmed deaths, with authorities ...

The majority of agents that cause disease in humans are viruses or bacteria, although the parasite that causes malaria is a notable example of a protozoan. There are a number of different routes by ...

That has led to a working hypothesis that the outbreak is either “severe malaria on a background of malnutrition” or “a viral ...

The revival of ancient bacteria or viruses remains speculative, but climate change has already boosted the spread of diseases, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, zika. The COVID-19 pandemic that has ...

"The mystery has finally been solved," Congo's health ministry says, after an unidentified disease outbreak started killing ...

The investigation of Disease X in the DRC continues. Officials from the Africa CDC noted that the diagnosis is leaning toward ...

Some 1.5 million people died in 2013 from this disease, while malaria, next on the list, infected 198 million people and took 584,000 lives in the same year. Migration from low-income to higher-income ...

An initially "unknown" illness affecting hundreds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be attributable to malaria, malnutrition and a viral infection. But investigations are ongoing.