Disease of unknown origin kills dozens in DRC
Since the end of October, a mysterious illness, with flu-like symptoms, has caused between 67 and 143 deaths in the ...
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Monkeypox: New, Deadlier Strain Increases Cases in DRC
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has reported 11,166 suspected cases of monkeypox due to a new, more ...
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Ebola: 17 dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo
© Getty imagesThe Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a new episode of haemorrhagic fever linked to Ebola virus. ...
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Ebola: in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epidemic “will last a few more months”
© Getty ImagesIn the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ebola virus is not weakening. On August 1, 2018, a ...
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Republic of Congo: 15 people died of an unknown disease
© GettyImagesIn the space of a month, 15 people died in Beni (Democratic Republic of Congo). These deaths are among ...
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AIDS: shortage of antiretrovirals in Congo
© iStockphotoAn NGO is sounding the alarm in Congo. “As we speak, the Congo is completely out of antiretrovirals (ARVs). ...
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The cholera epidemic in Congo worries the WHO
© iStockCholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingesting water or food contaminated with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. The ...
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Ebola back in the Democratic Republic of Congo
© iStockThe Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is once again facing cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization ...
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Ebola: false epidemic alert in the Democratic Republic of Congo
© Thinkstock“There is no epidemic of the virus disease Ebola in Mosambio," Public Health Minister Félix Kabange Numbi said July ...
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Ebola: 49 dead in the DRC and 2000 people followed, where is the vaccine research?
The Ebola virus is still raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has already killed 49 out of 90 ...
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Ebola: DR Congo facing a new epidemic
An Ebola virus epidemic has broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three people died.West Africa breathes with relief. ...
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Ebola: WHO hopes for rapid control of the epidemic in DR Congo
The Ebola epidemic is confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. WHO has deployed teams on site and plans to ...
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Measles: an epidemic rages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
© iStockAn epidemic of measles is currently hitting the Katanga region, in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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Ebola: portrait of the most dangerous virus in the world
The Ebola virus has claimed more than 1,590 lives since 1976, mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Modes ...
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Humanitarian aid, a training ground for young doctors
Médecins sans frontières has signed a partnership with the Brest University Hospital. Interns in medicine go on internship to the ...
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Ebola: on the path to effective treatment
A team of doctors has just tested a promising treatment in primates after the onset of symptoms of hemorrhagic fever. ...
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