The disease has become endemic in the New South Wales town of Batemans Bay, with scientists analysing samples of possum. It is understood that possums are known to develop the ulcers, with ...

Health officials have warned "everyone is at risk" after a sickening flesh-eating ulcer disease started to spread in a UK holiday hotspot. Two cases of Buruli ulcer have been confirmed in Batemans ...

Congo, which is as big as the US states of Alaska and Texas combined, reported another 147 cases of the flu-like illness dubbed “Disease X” in the past week, Africa Centres for Disease Control ...

This unsettling event has reignited discussions about “Disease X.” Disease X is not an actual but a hypothetical disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) coined the term in 2018 to ...

More than 400 people have been affected by an undiagnosed illness that some are calling "Disease X," in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—specifically, Panzi health zone, Kwango ...

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 ...

‘Disease X’ Outbreak Widens as UN Sends Health Team to Congo The number of reported cases of flu-like illness rises to 416 Headache, cough, runny nose and body aches are among symptoms ...

An undiagnosed 'Disease X' is spreading in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO and AfricaCDC have sent scientists to discover what it is. Can it be treated? https://p.dw ...

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 ...

If it hadn't been for a Google search 10 years ago, Ian Stedman may never have discovered he had a rare disease and, most importantly, wouldn't have known how to treat it. Now he hopes the ...

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 ...

Africa’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention — Africa CDC — says it is working to identify a new disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has claimed at least 79 lives and ...