Intensifying mpox outbreak as both subclade Ia and Ib strains show signs of sustained human-to-human transmission in Kinshasa ...

Vaccinating children under five-years-old in endemic mpox regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) would significantly reduce the number of deaths in the country, according to a new ...

World Vision is working in DRC and elsewhere to support the most vulnerable children. The east-zone director for the charity, David Munkley, said: “The mpox epidemic is increasingly alarming here in ...

The only antiviral recognised as an mpox treatment was unable to shorten the time to resolution of lesions in a trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicentre of an outbreak ...

So far sustained transmission has only been seen in DRC and other African countries. Considering the 2022-23 outbreak of Clade 2b, how worried should the public be about this new case? Mpox ...

The European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen has announced an additional €20m funding towards the fight against the Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the ...

More than 14,000 cases and 700 deaths from mpox occurred in the DRC in 2023, with 70% of those cases diagnosed in children. So far in 2024, Congolese authorities have reported more than 31,000 ...

The WHO and the producer of the mpox vaccine are pointing fingers at each other for the delay in reassuring the DRC and other developing countries that the shot is safe and effective. The WHO ...

DRC has recorded more than 19,000 cases and over 650 deaths, according to the latest figures from the health minister. Mpox is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals but can ...

The two most commonly used shots currently are MVA-BN and LC16; during the global outbreak of clade 2 mpox, it was the former that was deployed in Britain, under the brand name Imvanex. The DRC ...

More than 14,000 cases and 700 deaths from mpox occurred in the DRC in 2023, with 70% of those cases diagnosed in children. So far in 2024, Congolese authorities have reported more than 31,000 ...

when a nine-year-old boy living in the DRC developed a nasty rash that reminded doctors of smallpox. Scientists have identified two major strains – or clades – of mpox in Africa. Clade 1 is ...