REPORT: ‘Mystery illness’ kills 61 of the 62 children admitted to hospitals since April in Cambodia

The “undiagnosed syndrome” has killed 61 of the 62 children admitted to hospitals since April, but there’s no indication that is it spreading from person to person, said WHO spokeswoman Aphaluck Bhatiasevi.

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Investigations continued yesterday into the mystery illness that has caused the deaths of at least 60 children in Cambodia since April, but answers were not yet apparent, health officials said.

A joint statement issued by the World Health Organisation and the Ministry [...]

Mystery of the ‘nodding’ disease that turns children into zombies: Horrific illness spreads through east Africa

Illness has baffled experts from the World Health Organisation

A mystery disease is turning an increasing number of children in east Africa into zombies.

The condition, known by locals as the ‘nodding disease’, drastically alters children’s personalities by making them withdrawn and confused.

One of the first symptoms of the illness, affecting children in northern Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania, is that children appear to be falling asleep – their eyes close and head [...]