Laboratory testing has proven that a recent deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was caused by malaria ...

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

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.

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

The Democratic Republic of Congo is 95% Christian ... fast "with a median time from onset of symptoms to death of one day." Tests for Ebola and the Marburg virus have come back negative so far. In the ...

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

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

At least 53 people have died from an unidentified virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... samples testing negative for Ebola and Marburg. They are also undertaking field investigations ...

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 ...

No new cases reported in 42 days following death of last confirmed case on Jan. 28, according to WHO - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, even before the Rwanda-backed M23 seized ...

The World Health Organization's head of emergencies, Mike Ryan, said Friday that more than 60 unexplained deaths in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo were likely due to "some kind of ...