DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A man in western Congo died Thursday with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, leading officials to suspect that a still-unidentified virus may be involved alongside malaria in a ...

A mysterious flu-like illness has emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests a possible link to malaria but does not rule out other diseases.

Reuters covered the news, citing a statement from the Congo's health ministry that read, "The mystery has finally been solved." At the time, the case count was 592, with the earliest cases ...

The mystery disease affecting people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo most likely is caused by a respiratory virus exacerbated by malaria and malnutrition, according to a report released by ...

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 ...

Malaria has been identified as the likeliest cause of an illness that has killed more than 80 people in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's main health agency said. Victims of the ...

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The symptoms have included fever, headache, cough and anemia. Experts from WHO and Congo’s National Rapid Response Team were in the area last week to investigate and take samples. The Panzi ...

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 ...