What we do—and don’t—know about the mysterious illness in the DRC
The unidentified ailment has sickened 1,300 people and led to more than 50 deaths. Regardless of the cause, experts say ...
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Widespread killing, rape, disease and war make Democratic Republic of Congo hell on earth
Disease also stalks people – with three mystery "outbreaks" in the past six months in the DRC. In the latest, the World Health Organization stated late last month that 60 have died and a further ...
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DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict
“Everybody is really worried,” said Sara Rosenberg, who volunteered at the two-decade-old Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL) in Lwiro village in DRC’s South Kivu province, where ...
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New thinking needed as clock ticks away in Eastern DRC
A mortar attack on a political rally in the South Kivu city of Bukavu on February 27 ...
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Scientists warn of increased mpox transmission
Genetic analyses of clade 1b, first detected in September 2023 in Kamituga, DRC, show that this variant ... scientific publication in the journal Nature Medicine. Originally, mpox was considered ...