Meanwhile, COVID activity remained low amid a shift in variant proportions and RSV levels rose in 3 US regions.

Mpox epidemics in Burundi, Kenya ... “We only have a tiny amount of vaccines, and nothing for the kids,” she said. The vaccines for Congo are largely coming from donor countries like the U.S and ...

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another.

Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

Several African and ex-Soviet countries have expressed interest in buying Russia's vaccine against smallpox and mpox viruses, ...

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 ...

Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of ...

It added that Mpox vaccine deployments were delayed on the continent and the supply was likely to remain limited in the near-to medium-term. However, recently three countries in the African Region ...

The new and aggressive strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus is spreading rapidly among children in the Democratic ...

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 ...

It added that mpox vaccine deployments had faced delays on the continent and that supply would likely remain limited in the near- to medium-term. However, recently, three countries in the African ...