On August 14, the World Health Organisation described mpox as a global health emergency by declaring it a Public Health ...

African health-care workers fighting the rapid spread of a virulent mpox strain will learn how to effectively scratch under ...

With concerns that mpox may now spread more easily and be more severe, researchers warn that failing to curb the outbreak means “nobody is safe.” ...

Lessons learned from the COVID pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic ...

The global vaccine alliance Gavi says it will buy 500,000 doses of vaccine against mpox to fight outbreaks of the disease in ...

The WHO has said that the common symptoms of mpox are a skin rash or mucosal lesions which can last 2-4 weeks accompanied by ...

A district health official said that the patient arrived in Kerala a few days ago and, after falling sick, was first admitted ...

An ambitious Pandemic Agreement, aimed at creating a more equitable global public health system, has been stalled for two ...

The WHO said Friday it had for the first time prequalified an mpox vaccine -- a move expected to speed up access to the jabs to fight an epidemic raging in Africa.

The escalating incidence of mpox in Africa has led the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to declare its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security and prompted WHO to ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an in-depth position paper addressing the use of vaccines ...