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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot
Congo town becomes mpox hot spot
KAMITUGA, Congo -- Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter's grave. The 1-month-old died of mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to attend the funeral.
Congo gold mining town becomes mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Health officials have zeroed in on Kamituga, a remote yet bustling gold mining town of some 300,000 people that attracts miners, sex workers and traders who are constantly on the move. Cases from other parts of eastern Congo can be traced back here, officials say, with the first originating in the nightclub scene.
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization has called a global health emergency.
Mpox Outbreak: Gold Mining Town New Epicentre In Congo; India's Kerala Traces Infected Man's Recent Contacts
Health Minister of Indian state of Kerala, Veena George, said on Thursday that genome sequencing will be conducted to identify the variant of the virus that the person diagnosed with monkeypox (mpox) in the state has contracted.
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Efficacy of Mpox Vaccine Wanes Within a Year, Studies Reveal
The escalating global Mpox outbreak has been met with a concerning revelation. Two distinct studies have indicated that the ...
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UNICEF Puts Children Front And Center In Mpox Response
UNICEF and partners are scaling up the emergency response in the DRC, Burundi and other countries in Africa, but more donor ...
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Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?
Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of ...
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Posts Sharing Mpox Misinformation Recycle Claims from Prior Viral Outbreaks
Responding to rising mpox cases in Africa, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international ...
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Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from ...
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Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain
With concerns that mpox may now spread more easily and be more severe, researchers warn that failing to curb the outbreak means “nobody is safe.” ...
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Mpox is not under control in Africa, warns Africa CDC
The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ...
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EU extends authorization of the mpox vaccine to adolescents
The European Commission on Friday extended the authorization of the Imvanex mpox vaccine to teenagers aged 12 to 17.
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Saad B. Omer: The world is set to let mpox spread, repeating devastating public health failures
Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has reported ...
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Fighting mpox stigma key to ending Burundi outbreak quickly, UNICEF says
It is possible to end the mpox outbreak in Burundi within weeks, a U.N. health official said on Friday, but progress in ...
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