TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the ...

Two additional cases of the new variant of mpox, an infectious viral disease that can cause high fever, a painful rash and ...

The Nigerian government prohibited the sale of bushmeat as a precaution to stop the spread of mpox in June 2022. However, ...

One of the World Health Organization’s most important jobs is managing viral outbreaks. The rapid spread of mpox, a disease related to smallpox, is a reminder of its shortcomings. The WHO has ...

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing” — a possible sign that the main epidemic for which the World Health Organization made a global emergency declaration in August ...

Congolese authorities began vaccination against mpox on Saturday, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...

More than 50,000 people have so far been vaccinated against mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the World Health Organization's chief said on Friday.

KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Congo needs to do more to raise awareness about mpox and the availability of vaccines, an official with the response team said on Thursday ...

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...

Congo, with about 30,000 suspected mpox cases and 859 deaths, accounts for more than 80 percent of all the cases and 99 percent of all the deaths reported in Africa this year.