A mysterious illness, dubbed disease X, has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the ...

A n unidentified disease has reportedly affected over 400 people in the rural Kwango Province of the Democratic Republic of ...

Just reaching the epicenter of the outbreak of “Disease X” can take about 48 hours by road from the capital, Kinshasa.

A mystery disease has sickened hundreds and killed dozens in Democratic Republic of Congo, yet it took more than a month for ...

A mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened at least 416 people and killed 31 in a remote region of the Democratic ...

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As Disease X continues to unfold in the DRC, the world holds its breath. Are we prepared to confront the unknown or will we ...

Dozens of people have died in southwestern Congo from a mysterious illness referred to as Disease X. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, multiple cases of a flu-like illness known as “Disease X” have ...

More than 400 people have become ill, and between 31 and 143 have died, due to an undiagnosed illness in central Africa.

Local officials say the disease has now sickened 416 people - up 10 percent or 37 infections from the 376 cases reported last ...

An unidentified disease has killed 79 people and sickened 376, according to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of ...