Radio France Internationale

Mlipuko wa Mpox unaendelea Madagascar na pia unaathiri Visiwa vya Réunion na Comoro

Madagascar inaendelea kukabiliana na mlipuko wa Mpox, uliotangazwa rasmi kisiwani humo mnamo Desemba 30: wagonjwa 133 ...
Radio France Internationale

Mlipuko wa Mpox barani Afrika hauko tena 'dharura ya kiafya,' kulingana na CDC

Mlipuko wa Mpox barani Afrika haluko tena "dharura ya kiafya barani humo," aetangaza Jean Kaseya siku ya Alhamisi, Januari 22. Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Vituo vya Kudhibiti na Kuzuia Magonjwa (CDC) amesifu ...
MedPage Today

Mpox Is Back in the News. Here's What Clinicians Need to Know.

Amid a new surge of mpox in Africa, the spread of the more deadly clade I subtype, and a rising number of mpox cases in children, clinicians are struggling to understand this complex and evolving ...
AOL

Mpox is a growing global health threat, scientists warn

For decades, the human niche for viruses related to smallpox has remained mostly empty. Since eradicating smallpox, only rare outbreaks of related viruses appeared. But today, mpox, once confined ...
Los Angeles Times

Will we let mpox spread, repeating devastating public health failures?

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has reported more than 5,000 laboratory-confirmed cases this year. Given the ...
STAT

WHO pandemic threat director: Here’s what needs to happen to combat mpox

Van Kerkhove is interim director of the Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization. There is a pervasive myth that the Democratic ...
NPR

Whatever happened to mpox? Is it still a threat?

In August 2024, the news came in quick succession. On Tuesday — Aug. 13, 2024 — Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a public health emergency of continental concern. The ...
The New York Times

Cost of Mpox Shot Deters Americans at Risk, Critics Say

The epidemic in Africa continues to grow, prompting fears of another outbreak in the U.S. But the vaccine is no longer free, and vulnerable people are going without. The epidemic in Africa continues ...
KQED

3 Cases of More Severe Mpox Strain Found in California — Here's What to Know

Three new cases of clade I mpox — the more severe strain of the disease formerly known as “monkeypox” responsible for outbreaks in Central and Eastern Africa — have been identified in Southern ...