A man in western Congo died Thursday with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, leading officials to suspect that a still-unidentified ...

A combination of viral respiratory infections, malaria and malnutrition has killed nearly 50 people in the African country.

But the mysterious flu-like disease that has killed more than 143 people — mainly women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been identified. "The mystery has ...

A mystery illness found in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been officially identified as a severe form of malaria. The disease has sickened nearly 600 people, mostly children ...

Further tests found seasonal flu, rhinovirus, COVID, and other common respiratory viruses, alongside malaria and ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria, according to results from laboratory samples of infected ...

A mysterious illness causing flu-like symptoms and dozens of deaths in southwestern Congo could be malaria, health officials said on Wednesday. In recent weeks, the mystery disease has affected ...

The World Health Organization is deploying a team of experts to help local health authorities investigate a mysterious, flu-like disease that has infected nearly 400 people in the Democratic Republic ...

Congo authorities said last week that they suspected malaria in the flu-like disease outbreak, which has killed at least 37 people and in which more than four out of five patients have tested ...