Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It’s quite easily passed on from one person to another. But it originally came from infected animals. It’s not yet certain ...

WHO Says Mpox Cases in Congo's Epicenter Where the New Variant Was Detected May Be 'Plateauing' LONDON (AP) — Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was fir ...

1:45 Research sheds light on mpox vaccine effectiveness in real world outbreak A report by the U.N. health agency said the number of mpox infections “shows a general rising trend,” but that ...

The African Union's health watchdog said Thursday it has endorsed an mpox test from Morocco, hailing it as a "major milestone" to help combat the outbreak on the continent. The announcement comes ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a meeting later this month to determine whether the mpox outbreak occurring in Africa still constitutes a a public health emergency of ...

LONDON -- Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” the World Health Organization said on Monday, even as the ...

The African Union’s health watchdog announced on Thursday that it has endorsed an mpox test from Morocco, describing it as a “major milestone” in efforts to combat the outbreak on the continent.

MOROCCO – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the first diagnostic test for mpox made in Africa, as the agency aims to stem outbreaks of the lethal disease on ...

A new variant of human mpox has claimed the lives of approximately 5% of people with reported infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2023, many of them children. Since then, it ...

Mpox cases in Congo appear to be "plateauing" where a new variant was first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The UN health body said in a situation report that the number of ...