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A mysterious illness, which the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling "disease X," has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the ...

More cases of a mysterious flu-like illness labeled “Disease X” were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the World Health Organization has dispatched a rapid response team to ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has deployed a multidisciplinary team of science and health experts to support the WHO and DRC's Ministry of Health's ongoing ...

A "mystery disease" recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 and 143 people over two weeks. The disease was reported to cause flu-like ...

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya told the Associated Press. It’s “really important not to panic until we have more information,” University of ...

He was previously funded by the International Association of National Public Health Institutes as a technical advisor for their global review of disease surveillance. A “mystery disease ...

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Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflected a revised death count for Disease X. They're calling it Disease X. It's a mysterious illness circulating in a remote part of the Democratic ...

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