A new variant of human mpox has claimed the lives of approximately 5% of people with reported infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2023, many of them children. Since then, it has ...

Researchers have developed an optical biosensor that detects the virus that causes mpox. The technology could make diagnosis much faster and cost-effective as the disease continues to spread worldwide ...

An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...

It causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions, and can be deadly. In mid-August, both the Africa CDC and ...

Talks between WHO member states on a landmark global accord on handling future pandemics will roll into 2025 after countries ...

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

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Attempts to change the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo only exacerbate existing citizen distrust in ...

Health officials have reported two additional cases of a newly detected mpox strain in the UK. But what exactly is Mpox? And ...