A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization ...
Congo: Amid vaccine vacuum, gold mining town an mpox hotspot with new strain
Mpox has long disproportionately affected children in Africa, and officials say cases are now rising sharply among kids, ...
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Congo gold mining town emerges as mpox hot spot
Kasindi Mwenyelwata goes door to door describing how to detect mpox — looking for fevers, aches or lesions. But the 42-year-old community leader said a lack of money means he doesn’t have the right ...
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Uruguay should not underestimate mpox threat, official says
Uruguay's Health Undersecretary José Luis Satdjian insisted this weekend that the country must remain alert for a possible monkeypox outbreak: “We cannot lower our guard,” the official ...