Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of ...

When the virus that causes mpox jumped onto the international stage in 2022, countries around the world, including the United States, turned to vaccines targeting the closely related smallpox virus to ...

STAT senior writer Helen Branswell answers the most frequently asked questions about what is happening with mpox now and what can be done to stop this current outbreak. STAT answers pressing questions ...

The Rapid Response Committee of the Academy of Medicine Specialties in Nigeria has expressed concerns over the ongoing Mpox outbreak across several African countries, including Nigeria. The ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox ...

On Wednesday 13 August, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) stated the current mpox outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. The outbreak ...

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The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday that the added measure is aimed at “preventing the entry of additional mpox cases from abroad, particularly clade 1b". “There has ...

he World Health Organization chief said on Friday that mpox vaccines were set to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the next few days to fight a new strain of the virus. "We hope to ...

This is the moment, ultimately, to break the cycle of neglect and panic that has defined the response to mpox—and other epidemics—for far too long.

The World Health Organization declared the last mpox global emergency over in May 2023. And just over a year later, here we are again. Since the start of 2024, a deadlier, more transmissible ...