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A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.
Mystery illness Congo: Symptoms, cases, spread, and what we know about the deadly DRC disease
The World Health Organization has confirmed multiple outbreak clusters of an unidentified illness. Hundreds have become sick and dozens have died. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that a worrying mystery illness is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
What we do—and don’t—know about the mysterious illness in the DRC
The unidentified ailment has sickened 1,300 people and led to more than 50 deaths. Regardless of the cause, experts say containing the outbreak will be challenging.
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 agency being upended by budget cuts and layoffs. He stepped down from the director role in 2021 to return to his research laboratory, but on Saturday gave no reason for his abrupt departure from the NIH. Read more.
CDC says it is monitoring mysterious deadly disease in Congo
The CDC is closely monitoring an "unknown disease” that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency said in a statement on Monday.
Another mystery disease outbreak in DR Congo: What we know
Is a new virus causing a disease outbreak and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or is the cause already known to science?
World Health Organization investigating mystery disease in DRC
The World Health Organization is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) trying to crack the code on a mystery illness. More than 50 people have died from this illness since January. Health reporter Katherine Ward has been tracking developments and has the latest.
CDC says it is monitoring unknown disease in Congo
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring an unknown disease that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency said in a statement on

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Faith in power of the dead comforts living in DR Congo's war-torn east
Faith healer Julie Kaviavu threw a handful of grains into the fire and lit a cigarette as she prepared to ask the dead for ...
Over 2,500 schools affected by ongoing Congo conflict: Minister
More than 2,500 schools have been affected by an ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one ...
A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
What we know about claims 70 Christians were beheaded in Democratic Republic of Congo
MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC, said the reported killings were under investigation but remained unverified.
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Bishops express concern Congo’s war could unravel into a regional conflict
As the conflict continues to ravage the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bishops are warning about the real possibility ...
Fighting in Congo has killed 7,000 since January, DRC prime minister says
Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: The DRC Conflict Enters a Dangerous New Phase
The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for another multinational Congo War and ...
Fighting in the DRC sparks a surge of sexual violence
UNICEF recorded nearly 600 cases of rape in the week following the fall of Goma, in the east of the country, at the end of ...