The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for over 84 per cent of Mpox cases across Africa.

South Africa is enhancing its role in global pandemic preparedness through a new phase of its genomic surveillance project, in collaboration with Germany and the EU, aimed at improving responses to ...

The Western Regional Health Directorate has recorded 60 confirmed Mpox cases out of 299 suspected cases from January to ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has renewed its declaration that Mpox (formerly monkeypox) remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories has accused Zug-based Glencore of profiting from an Israeli economy ...

The current mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone is the largest ever recorded in the country and the first major epidemic caused by the clade IIb monkeypox virus in Africa. Since a public health emergency ...

Bavarian Nordic has initiated two Phase III clinical trials of its mpox vaccine, Jynneos, in pregnant and breastfeeding women ...