Mpox strains are still mutating, further raising the risk of spread both in Africa and globally, Africa Centres for Disease ...

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first ...

In a report published on Monday, the World Health Organisation said that mpox cases in the South Kivu region of the DRC seem ...

The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health watchdog ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, drew global attention in 2022 during an outbreak that affected the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. The virus comes in two distinct forms or "clades ...

Last week, Africa CDC's director Dr Jean Kaseya said the continent was "still in the acute phase" of the mpox epidemic, with ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The number of mpox-related deaths in Africa has surpassed 1,000, the head of the continent’s top public health agency said Thursday, warning of the continuing threat of ...

The full article is available here as HTML. [ADDIS ABABA] As Africa grapples with multiple outbreaks of mpox, public health leaders say locally produced vaccines are vital to end donation dependence ...

Its spread in Congo and elsewhere in Africa prompted the World Health Organization to declare a global emergency in August. Britain recorded more than 3,000 cases of another type of mpox during a ...

Mpox cases have risen by 500% in Africa this year, driven by the new Clade Ib strain, which is more deadly and infectious. With 48,000 suspected cases and 1,048 deaths reported in 19 countries ...