A mystery illness has killed dozens of people in Congo. UN experts are now investigating
2 weeks, 3 days ago

A mystery illness has killed dozens of people in Congo. UN experts are now investigating

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — 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 weeks. Authorities in Congo have so far confirmed 71 deaths, including 27 people who died in hospitals and 44 in the community in the southern province of Kwango, Health Minister Roger Kamba said Thursday. “But we need to wait for the laboratory results.” The Panzi health zone, located around 435 miles from the capital Kinshasa, is in a remote part of Kwango province, making it hard to access. Since late November, a local WHO team has been helping Kwango’s health authorities with disease surveillance, the organization’s statement said.

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Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria
4 days, 2 hours ago

Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — 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 mysterious outbreak that has killed dozens of people, health authorities said. Congo authorities said last week that they suspected malaria in the flu-like disease outbreak, which has killed at least 37 …

Africa CDC, WHO probe 'Disease X' in DR Congo
1 week, 4 days ago

Africa CDC, WHO probe 'Disease X' in DR Congo

China Daily  

By EDITH MUTETHYA in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-12 09:58 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the World Health Organization, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry and other partners, is investigating the unknown "Disease X" that has been reported in the central African country. Disease X refers to an …

Africa CDC, WHO probe 'Disease X' in DR Congo
1 week, 4 days ago

Africa CDC, WHO probe 'Disease X' in DR Congo

China Daily  

By EDITH MUTETHYA in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-12 09:58 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the World Health Organization, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry and other partners, is investigating the unknown "Disease X" that has been reported in the central African country. Disease X refers to an …

Authorities say the mystery disease in Congo might be malaria but more testing is needed
1 week, 5 days ago

Authorities say the mystery disease in Congo might be malaria but more testing is needed

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — The mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria, according to results from laboratory samples of infected people, authorities said Wednesday. On Tuesday, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also said most of the samples tested positive for malaria, but noted it is …

WHO provides update on cause of ‘mystery disease’ in patients in Congo
1 week, 5 days ago

WHO provides update on cause of ‘mystery disease’ in patients in Congo

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ten patients suffering from a …

'Mystery disease' victims in Congo have malaria, could be sick with multiple diseases: WHO
1 week, 5 days ago

'Mystery disease' victims in Congo have malaria, could be sick with multiple diseases: WHO

Firstpost  

Since late October, a ‘mystery disease’ has infected more than 400 and killed dozens in a rural southern province of Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo A Congolese nurse takes a sample from a suspected mpox patient in the treatment centre at the Kavumu hospital in Kabare territory, South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 29, 2024. REUTERS …

Mysterious flu-like illness kills 31 in Congo: Is it 'Disease X'?
1 week, 6 days ago

Mysterious flu-like illness kills 31 in Congo: Is it 'Disease X'?

India Today  

The United Nations has sent a health team to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where over 31 people, mostly children, have died due to a mysterious illness. While the World Health Organisation has referred to it as an "undiagnosed disease", many experts are referring it to as 'Disease X', a hypothetical pathogen that represents the unknown. As per the WHO, …

Some patients in mysterious outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have malaria, early testing reveals
1 week, 6 days ago

Some patients in mysterious outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have malaria, early testing reveals

CNN  

CNN — A mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened at least 416 people and killed 31 in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo may be at least partly caused by malaria, health officials said Tuesday. World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that of 12 initial samples collected from patients, 10 tested positive for malaria, …

A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert
54 years, 11 months ago

A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert

Wired  

Deaths in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an as-yet unidentified disease are continuing to rise. The results of testing should be available either later today or tomorrow, Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a press conference earlier today. “Initial diagnoses lead us to think it is a …

DR Congo's mystery disease: Lab reports soon on outbreak killing kids under 5 and adults over 25
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

DR Congo's mystery disease: Lab reports soon on outbreak killing kids under 5 and adults over 25

Firstpost  

The samples of five infected patients have been sent for testing. The health ministry said that the outbreak began in late October but was only detected in December Doctors might be able to unravel the mystery of the illness wreaking havoc in a remote part of DR Congo after test results are made available in the next one or two …

Congo Government Says It's 'On Alert' Over Mystery Flu-Like Disease That Killed Dozens
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Congo Government Says It's 'On Alert' Over Mystery Flu-Like Disease That Killed Dozens

Huff Post  

Congo's Health Minister Roger Kamba speaks, during a press conference, in Congo, Kinshasa, Thursday, Nov 5, 2024. via Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo — Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Authorities in Congo have so far …

Congo on high alert as mystery flu-like disease claims 71 lives, half of victims children
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Congo on high alert as mystery flu-like disease claims 71 lives, half of victims children

Live Mint  

Public health officials in Africa are closely monitoring a mystery flu-like disease in Congo, which has claimed dozens of lives in recent weeks. Health Minister Roger Kamba confirmed that 71 deaths have been reported, including 27 in hospitals and 44 in the community, in the southern Kwango province. Dieudonne Mwamba, the head of the National Institute for Public Health, highlighted …

Congo government says it’s ‘on alert’ over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Congo government says it’s ‘on alert’ over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Authorities in Congo have so far confirmed 71 deaths, including 27 people who died in hospitals and 44 in the community in the southern Kwango province, …

Congo govt says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Congo govt says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens

New Indian Express  

KINSHASA: Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo's health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Jean Kaseya, the head of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters that more details about the disease should be known in the next 48 hours …

Congo government says it’s ‘on alert’ over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Congo government says it’s ‘on alert’ over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens

LA Times  

Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Authorities in Congo have so far confirmed 71 deaths, including 27 people who died in hospitals and 44 in the community in the southern Kwango province, health minister Roger …

Mystery disease linked to more than 100 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mystery disease linked to more than 100 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo

Salon  

An unknown disease has been spreading in a rural part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa, killing a high number of people. At the time, sources told Salon spread of mpox across the world could have been avoided if the DRC had the resources to contain the spread of mpox in the first place, pointing to …

Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — A flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over two weeks is being investigated in southwestern Congo, local authorities said. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough and anaemia, provincial health minister Apollinaire Yumba told reporters over the weekend. Congo is already plagued by the mpox epidemic, with more than 47,000 suspected cases and over 1,000 suspected deaths …

Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief says
2 months, 1 week ago

Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief says

The Independent  

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CDC will start screening travelers from Rwanda to the US for Marburg virus
2 months, 2 weeks ago

CDC will start screening travelers from Rwanda to the US for Marburg virus

CNN  

CNN — Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, travelers coming into the United States who have been in Rwanda in the previous 21 days will be screened starting next week, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. There are no confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease – a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to …

Rwanda reports dozens of Marburg virus cases, with 11 dead, alarming public health officials
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rwanda reports dozens of Marburg virus cases, with 11 dead, alarming public health officials

Salon  

Rwandan health authorities are working to control an outbreak of Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic disease in the same family as Ebola, that is spreading across the country. Jennifer McQuiston, the deputy director of the division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that studies lethal viral diseases, told NPR that the speed at which more than two dozen …

Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak

The Hindu  

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or …

Equatorial Guinea confirms first Marburg virus disease outbreak
1 year, 10 months ago

Equatorial Guinea confirms first Marburg virus disease outbreak

Al Jazeera  

Nine deaths from the disease were linked to a funeral ceremony in Equatorial Guinea’s Kie-Ntem province bordering Cameroon. Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, following the deaths of at least nine people, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In addition to the nine deaths, Equatorial …

Africa CD, WHO to host regional meeting on Ebola in Uganda
2 years, 2 months ago

Africa CD, WHO to host regional meeting on Ebola in Uganda

Al Jazeera  

The Uganda outbreak has been attributed to the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Uganda will host a ministerial meeting next week on the Ebola virus outbreak which has caused alarm in the East Africa region. The current Ebola outbreak in central Uganda has a 69 …

Pandemic’s origins obscured by lack of Chinese data: WHO panel
2 years, 6 months ago

Pandemic’s origins obscured by lack of Chinese data: WHO panel

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization said on Thursday its latest investigation into the origins of COVID-19 was inconclusive, largely because data from China is missing, another blow to its years-long effort to determine how the pandemic began. The report from the WHO expert panel said all available data showed the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 probably came from animals, likely bats, …

Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket, as hundreds of other people, mostly unmasked, jostled to buy and sell fruit and vegetables displayed on wooden tables and plastic sheets. “The police demand bribes so I lose money if I don’t move around with a …

Scientists are mystified, and wary, as Africa avoids COVID-19 disaster
3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists are mystified, and wary, as Africa avoids COVID-19 disaster

LA Times  

At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket as hundreds of other people, mostly unmasked, jostled to buy and sell fruits and vegetables displayed on wooden tables and plastic sheets. “The police demand bribes, so I lose money if I don’t move around with a mask.” Days earlier, Zimbabwe recorded …

Five Dead in New Ebola Outbreak in Guinea, Contact Tracing On
3 years, 10 months ago

Five Dead in New Ebola Outbreak in Guinea, Contact Tracing On

News 18  

Guinea has recorded up to 10 suspected cases of Ebola and five people have died since the start of a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the southeast of the West African nation, medical authorities said on Tuesday. Guinea's ministry of health said it has identified 115 contacts of the known cases in the city of Nzerekore in the …

Guinea Health Chief Declares Ebola Outbreak an 'Epidemic' as 7 Confirmed Cases Emerge
3 years, 10 months ago

Guinea Health Chief Declares Ebola Outbreak an 'Epidemic' as 7 Confirmed Cases Emerge

News 18  

The head of Guinea’s health agency said Sunday that the country was in the midst of an Ebola “epidemic situation” with seven cases confirmed in the West African nation, including three deaths. “Very early this morning, the Conakry laboratory confirmed the presence of the Ebola virus,” Sakoba Keita said after an emergency meeting in the capital. The cases marked the …

China reports first COVID death in months as WHO arrives in Wuhan
3 years, 11 months ago

China reports first COVID death in months as WHO arrives in Wuhan

Al Jazeera  

First death since May announced as WHO team in Wuhan to start long-awaited investigation into origins of the virus. China on Thursday reported its first death from COVID-19 in eight months as the country battles to contain a resurgence in cases – the most in 10 months – and an expert team from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan …

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