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An update on the ‘mystery illness’ in DRC
On Saturday, renowned geneticist and former longtime NIH director Francis Collins announced that he has retired, leaving an ...
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53 dead from mystery illness linked to Congo bat meal
A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed 53 people in Congo, with preliminary investigations linking the outbreak to ...
'I risked drowning to flee conscription by Congolese rebels'
Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in ...
allAfrica.com on MSN2d
Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands ...
The New Times on MSN2d
South African soldiers in DR Congo desperate to return home: reports
South African troops deployed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo under the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) are in a dire situation ...
Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Western Congo
The outbreak has been traced, tentatively, to three children who ate a bat, the W.H.O. said, and known threats like Ebola and ...
Deadly illness in Congo may be malaria, health officials say
A condition that has killed at least 50 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo this month is suspected to be malaria or food poisoning, local health officials said on Thursday. Read more at ...
Live Science on MSN1d
Poisoning or bacterial meningitis could be behind dozens of mysterious deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A cluster of deaths linked to a mysterious illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be the result of a poisoning or bacterial meningitis, the WHO has suggested.