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

In a report published on Monday, the World Health Organisation said that mpox cases in the South Kivu region of the DRC seem ...

This strain has been detected in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Thailand, India, Germany and six African countries that had ...

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 President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has a unique role to play given the intersection of HIV and mpox, as well as the potential to leverage its platform in the Democratic Republic ...

Across Africa, at least 1000 people have died in this latest outbreak, although, in most cases, the infection is mild. The ...

WHO has allocated 899,000 mpox vaccine doses to nine African nations, prioritising those hit hardest by the latest outbreak.

Split into clade 1a and clade 1b, clade 1b mpox first emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just over a year ...

The first case of a new infectious and potentially deadly strain of mpox has been reported in the UK. The strain, known as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...