Scientists worldwide say fears of the next pandemic may come true, with many new viruses mutating and spreading slowly, ...
Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’ ...
The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts ...
More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial ...
Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.
The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, with 419 cases recorded and 53 deaths. The ...
The outbreak has been traced, tentatively, to three children who ate a bat, the W.H.O. said, and known threats like Ebola and ...
Congo mystery illness: 53 people die within hours of 'hemorrhagic fever' symptoms - with first victims eating a bat - Medical ...
Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick ...