Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. ... A Panzi resident, Claude Niongo, ...

An initially "unknown" illness affecting hundreds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be attributable to malaria, ...

Oscar Kazwa, a resident of Panzi, said his 28-year-old daughter died two weeks ago from the mystery disease. A view of the general Hospital Panzi in southwestern Congo, Thursday, Nov 5, 2024.

The Panzi health zone of Kwango is a rural, remote community over 400 miles from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO said access by road ‒ around 48 hours from ...

What to know about the humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo 04:43. A mysterious illness, which the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling "disease X," has ...

Some samples arrived to WHO's lab in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, about 48 hours by car from the Panzi health zone, which is why the disease has taken so long to identify.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday it was deploying experts to investigate a mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent ...

An outbreak of a mysterious illness dubbed “Disease X" has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), health officials say. Up to 143 people have died from the infectious disease.

The Panzi health zone, located around 435 miles (700 kilometers) from the capital Kinshasa, is a remote area of the Kwango province, making it hard to access. The epidemiological experts took two ...

The remote Panzi health zone, where the outbreak is located, takes 48 hours to reach by car from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital city of Kinshasa, hindering access to treatment and ...

About a third of Panzi’s sexual assault survivors are under legal age—18 years old in Congo. Yet girls under 18 make up three-quarters of the pregnancy cases at Panzi that are due to rape.

Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country's Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria.