The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

The pill protected 80 per cent of the cynomolgus macaques and 100 per cent of the rhesus macaques, which are biologically ...

Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teams that ...

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an ...

If the outbreak is caused by a viral hemorrhagic fever like Ebola, which spreads from person ... and that effort is under way in the DRC. The first people involved in the outbreak had reportedly ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...

Recognised examples of such diseases include Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg virus. Symptoms recorded so far of the unknown disease in the DRC include fever, chills, headache, body aches ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned by the catastrophic deterioration of health services and humanitarian conditions, including an alarming cholera outbreak in North and South ...

The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), having decided on a “phased withdrawal”. Leaders from the 16 ...

Federal health officials are monitoring the outbreak of a deadly and mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...