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

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

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

Johannesburg — For weeks it was dubbed simply "Disease X." But the mysterious flu ... women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been identified.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently released a detailed update on the mysterious Disease X outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since its identification in late ...

The World Health Organization has recorded more than 400 cases of a mysterious, deadly, flu-like illness dubbed “Disease X” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is struggling to uncover ...

An unidentified illness has claimed lives in DRC. Investigators are on the scene to determine what it is — and how much of a threat it poses locally and globally.

China's CDC has detected a new cluster outbreak of the Ib subclade of mpox that started with the infection a foreigner national.

A mystery disease that has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent weeks has been identified as severe malaria, local health officials have reportedly said.

China has detected the new mutated strain of the mpox virus, as the pathogen spreads to more geographies after the World ...

But a strange new virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... system for a significant disease outbreak. Specifically, it’s on alert for a hypothetical “Disease X” – a potential new ...