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

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by providing vital logistical support, including boats and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) suspects that poisoning or meningitis could explain a mysterious illness that has reportedly killed 53 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

March 5 (UPI) --Federal health officials are monitoring the outbreak of a deadly and mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic ... update from the World Health Organization.

Laboratory testing has proven that a recent deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was caused by malaria ...

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, even before the Rwanda-backed M23 seized ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a vast country in Africa with rich mineral deposits that have been fought over for decades. In recent months, the rebel group M23 has expanded its control in ...

The World Health Organization reported a 10% increase in child TB infections in Europe's region, while bird flu cases ...

Record 28 Million People Face Acute Hunger in Conflict-Ravaged Congo (Reuters) -Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic ... the U.N.'s World Food Programme ...

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.