(Bloomberg) -- The World Health Organization has launched a preparedness and response plan aimed at coordinating efforts to contain a lethal outbreak of mpox that’s become a global health emergency.

Vaccines and behavior change helped stop the spread when a different strain of mpox spread globally – primarily among men who ...

Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists.

The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said yesterday. The WHO, which first declared the emergency in August last year, said its decision was based on ...

A NEW mutant strain of mpox discovered in the Democratic Republic ... or intentional, nor did he name the village. “We will not stop investigating until we are sure that the true cause or ...

Health officials have sounded the alarm over a new mutant 'highly transmissible' mpox strain, believed to be behind a wave of fresh cases. A newly discovered variant of the rash-causing virus is ...

WHO said mpox was recently identified for the first time in four East African countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. All of those outbreaks were linked to the epidemic in Congo.

If circumstances change and a travel ban is imposed, I’m prepared to cancel my plans,” he said. In the tourism sector, Malaysian Tourist Guides Council president Jimmy Leong noted that mpox ...

ATLANTA, GA - February 27, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - GeoVax Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOVX) commented on today’s statement from The World Health Organization (WHO) concerning Mpox. In its statement the ...

Kaseya is director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He's talking about mpox, a virus that causes painful blisters and can be fatal. For much of the world ...

The article notes that this change coincided with the rapid spread of clade IIb (a clade is a group of viruses that share a common ancestor) mpox viruses, but different clade I variants are now on ...