KAMPALA: About 14, 700 confirmed mpox cases, including 66 deaths ... cases were primarily among adults who travelled during their incubation periods or with early symptoms, with diagnoses made upon ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed the seventh case of the more severe clade Ib Mpox in England since October ...

Joyce Nakachwa, a 35-year-old mother from Nateete, a Kampala suburb, recounts her six days of quarantine with the contagious viral disease, Mpox, at Entebbe Grade B Hospital, and how it disrupted her ...

Public health emergencies demand decisive leadership, proactive capacities, and swift, coordinated responses to mitigate their impacts on lives, livelihoods, and economies, particularly in Africa, ...

A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa.

On August 14, 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared monkeypox (mpox) a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) following an unexpected surge of mpox infections in the ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is the latest virus outbreak promoting a World Health Organization emergency meeting. Large numbers of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

This comes after Sierra Leone confirmed two cases of mpox, prompting the government there ... “The government has pandemic preparedness plan in place for early detection and rapid response ...

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.

A Yale-led team of astronomers has detected an intensely brightening and dimming quasar that may help explain how some objects in the early universe grew at a highly accelerated rate. The ...

Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two cases of mpox were reported. The West African country’s health minister announced the move on Monday after the second case of the deadly ...