Adults coughed repeatedly, their throats so swollen that they could barely speak. Mpox is spreading largely unchecked in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The New York Times visited a remote ...

The deadly new strain of Mpox, often called monkeypox, first appeared in Central Africa and has since spread throughout the continent and beyond, posing a serious threat to public health worldwide.

The WHO has declared the current Mpox outbreaks are of "International Concern," but how does the situation differ from previous public health emergencies? This week World Health Organization (WHO ...

As a result, it’s hard to control infectious diseases like mpox. In addition, children in any outbreak setting are already vulnerable given their immature and still-developing immune systems ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the outbreak of mpox in multiple African countries is concerning, the situation differs from what the world went through just four years ago with COVID-19, experts tell Euronews Health.

U.N. agencies warn that refugees and displaced communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries infected with mpox are at particular risk of illness and death because of ...

People are apparently worried that a “second lockdown” is imminent, this time caused by mpox (formerly known as monkeypox)—a virus in the pox family that causes fluid-filled blisters and can ...

The writers are public health experts based in Africa. It is not easy to witness people battling an mpox infection. Fear and stigma make it difficult for patients to seek medical attention soon ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the continent needs 10 million doses of mpox vaccines to stop the spread of the disease, which it recently declared a public health ...

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 ...