Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

In Africa, a different variant of mpox is proving more deadly, with a mortality rate at around 5%, compared with the 2022 ...

Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed that two more people have tested positive for an infectious strain of ...

Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of ...

Children are at higher risk than adults of contracting mpox - with 70% of DRC’s 14,901 cases in children under 15 – and nearly four times more likely to die from mpox than adults [1] [2]. WHO data ...

The African Union's health watchdog on Thursday warned that mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a "more severe" pandemic than Covid-19.

Two more cases of a new strain of mpox have been detected in the UK ... The latest two patients are currently under specialist care at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, it ...

The African CDC has warned that the mpox outbreak remains uncontrolled, with most deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A highly contagious clade 1b variant has now been detected in the UK.

The African Union's health watchdog on Thursday warned that mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a "more severe" pandemic than Covid-19. More than 1,100 ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo [Reuters] Published On 31 Oct 202431 Oct 2024 The African Union’s health watchdog has warned that the mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for ...