Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, I am struck by the vibrant atmosphere around me. Children play happily in ...

The World Health Organization recently declared that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.

The approved vaccines for mpox and chickenpox are all live vaccines, meaning they contain a weakened form of the virus to ...

What he didn’t know then was that the man, who ran a bar-come-brothel, was ‘patient zero’ in an outbreak of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox called clade 1b, which would trigger a global health ...

Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is a viral disease similar to smallpox that can cause flu-like symptoms and a painful rash. It is most commonly found in central and east Africa, with the chances of ...

Britain's health security agency (UKHSA) said on Monday another case of the mpox variant clade Ib has been detected in England, the sixth case confirmed in the country since October last year.

Mr Irambona has mpox. He is one of the more than 170 confirmed ... I am scared of it, but that does not mean I will just stay at home. I have to work. My family has to eat,” said another.

Sierra Leone Declares Emergency After Confirming 2nd Mpox Case in 4 Days DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency Monday after the country reported its second case of ...

Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on Monday to combat mpox, announcing it was stepping up surveillance at its borders after confirming two cases of the deadly viral disease. "The ...

Emergent BioSolutions has been given FDA approval to extend the indications for its smallpox vaccine ACAM2000 to include the prevention of mpox, currently deemed a public health emergency by the WHO.

Zambia confirmed Friday its second mpox case, nearly three months after reporting the first. The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that Africa had recorded nearly 14,000 cases, including 60 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency Monday after the country reported its second case of mpox in less than four days, health authorities said. Neither case had known ...