KINSHASA: The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health watchdog said Thursday. Fifteen countries across Africa recorded 11,453 ...

Compared with emergency department and primary care settings, clinics where sexual health assessment was routine had the highest quality of care indicators for mpox evaluation. Patients with mpox ...

GENEVA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a global health crisis, it said in a ...

Mpox, known as monkeypox, was first detected in laboratory monkeys in 1958. It is a rare viral disease typically spread through body fluids, respiratory droplets, and other contaminated materials.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Center for Disease Control have begun developing Mpox vaccination plans for 17 African countries with high infection rates. The Africa CDC ...

Two additional cases of a new strain of mpox have been identified in the UK, health officials have confirmed. Following the initial case of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b found in London ...

NAIROBI, Nov 9 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's health authorities have called on citizens to stay vigilant after confirming three new cases of mpox, ending a month-long hiatus and bringing the total case ...

The African continent is still in the acute phase of the mpox outbreak as the number of cases reported so far this year surpassed the 50,000 mark, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and ...

In anticipation of further mpox vaccine deliveries to the African region in the coming months, countries had requested support on identifying and mapping mpox hotspots, based on the local ...

The United Kingdom today reported an additional case of the new variant of mpox, an infectious viral disease that can cause high fever, a painful rash and death, bringing the number of confirmed cases ...

In response to the rapid spread of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency in mid-August. In Africa this year ...

An independent study has found that Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine Jynneos – currently only authorised for use in adults in the US – is also safe and generates a strong antibody response in ...