The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

For the second time in 2 years, an ongoing mpox outbreak has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1 Following the global surge of clade IIb mpox in 2022, African ...

Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

LAGOS - The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the bloc following their withdrawal last year.

Britain's health security agency said on Friday another case of the mpox variant clade lb has been detected in England, the ...

Clade Ib mpox has been circulating in several countries in Africa in recent months. Imported cases have been detected in a number of countries including Belgium, Canada, France, Germany ...

In the context of the outbreak in parts of Africa, we expect to see the occasional imported case of clade Ib mpox in the UK." This is the eighth case of clade Ib mpox confirmed in England since ...

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a rare infection which is more commonly found in parts of central and east Africa. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed a new case of clade 1b ...