In the Democratic Republic of Congo, international health officials have been deployed to help stave the spread of a mysterious respiratory disease. As the United Nations' World Health Organization said in a statement over the weekend that it had sent a team to handle the strange illness, of which DRC health authorities have recorded 406 total cases and 31 deaths. Dubbed "Disease X" by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this flu-like illness seems to be associated with a wide range of symptoms ranging from body aches and fever to cough and anemia. Though most of the cases […]