Tanzania has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said Monday, the first time the virus has been detected in an outbreak that has hit several African countries. Two ...

The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The WHO, which first declared the emergency in August last year, said its decision was based on ...

The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said yesterday. The WHO, which first declared the emergency in August last year, said its decision was based on ...

Mpox remains an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Feb 27 (2025). This was after the international health agency decided the epidemic still merits ...

The alarm has been raised over the mutation of a new strain of mpox. The variant is said to be "highly transmissible" and is currently rampaging through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

MITI MURHESA, Congo (AP) — Hospitals across eastern Congo that were once at the forefront of the country’s response to the mpox outbreak are facing a setback in detecting the disease and ...

A new mutated variant of Mpox has been identified in Democratic Republic of Congo, with health authorities concerned over increased transmissibility. The new variant comes from the clade 1a strain ...

More than 500 mpox patients have fled clinics in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the last month amid the current conflict. Officials at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The mpox global health emergency is worsening as the fighting between the M23 rebel group and Congolese troops escalates in eastern Congo, which has been the epicenter of the health crisis.

“When people develop signs and symptoms of mpox, they hide and resort to self-medication. By the time they come to seek medical care, it is too late." Those are the words of Dr Bernard ...