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 ...

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.

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

Mpox is spreading faster, showing new modes of transmission and affecting different populations. Scientists are calling for stronger global action. A researcher from the University of Manitoba is play ...

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 ...

The announcement marks the first mpox vaccine to be added to the WHO's prequalification list to facilitate timely access and ...

On 19 April 2025, Mangochi District registered its first suspected mpox case, a 2-year-old boy from Ntiyala Village, ...

A significant surge in Mpox cases has been recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to over 400.

Because mpox is so closely related to smallpox, vaccines for smallpox are also effective against mpox. In addition to Jynneos, the US has another smallpox vaccine in its stockpile, called ACAM2000.

Mpox looks like its cousin smallpox, but because smallpox was literally wiped off the planet in 1980, very few, if any, Americans have come in direct contact with a person’s body covered in ...