Health officials in Africa continue to report progress in the region's battle against mpox, but some challenges remain, ...

Ever since the UN ’s World Health Organisation ( WHO) declared mpox a “public-health emergency of international concern” a ...

Nigeria’s Kaduna state begins an Mpox vaccination drive in high risk areas:: Kaduna, Nigeria:: August 18, 2025:: Natasha ...

A year ago, the WHO and Africa CDC triggered the highest health alert for the mpox outbreak. experts say the response has been an indicator of how poorly prepared the world is for a future pandemic.

A year ago, on August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International ...

Last August, the Director-General of the World Health Organization raised the alarm over the presence of mpox in the ...

Mpox is back. More than 900 people, mostly African children, have died this year and public health officials say the new variant inflicting that toll could arrive in the U.S. at any time. There ...

Mpox has been declared a "public health emergency of international concern" by the World Health Organization amid the spread of a deadlier form of the virus through multiple African countries.

WASHINGTON — A new cluster of mpox cases in the United States — following nearly seven months of steady decline — is leading health officials to warn of a possible rebound outbreak this summer.

Health workers monitor Mpox patients at the Mpox treatment centre of the Nyiragongo general reference hospital, north of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on August 16, 2024.

What to know about mpox after WHO declared it a global health emergency A new form of the mpox virus is spreading rapidly in parts of Africa, known as clade 1b. More than 500 mpox deaths have been ...

Mpox rashes develop three to 17 days after exposure, with symptoms lasting two to three weeks. With chickenpox, the rash will appear within 10 to 21 days, with symptoms lasting four to seven days.