Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties ... has fewer side effects but requires two doses. An ...

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

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

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

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in ...

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.

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 ...

Dr. Myro Figura (@doctormyro) and Dr. Dana Brems (@footdocdana) posted a TikTok video reacting to a seemingly clean hand being put under a microscope. “This hand looks clean to the naked eye but ...

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 ...