The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the ...

TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health ...

In many countries around the world, wild animals are sometimes killed for food, including monkeys, rats and squirrels.

One of the World Health Organization’s most important jobs is managing viral outbreaks. The rapid spread of mpox, a disease related to smallpox, is a reminder of its shortcomings. The WHO has ...

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing” — a possible sign that the main epidemic for which the World Health Organization made a global emergency declaration in August ...

Congo needs to do more to raise awareness about mpox and the availability of vaccines, an official with the response team ...

An earlier strain of the virus was concentrated among adult men. Now it is moving quickly between children, and in many cases ...

More than 50,000 people have so far been vaccinated against mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the World Health Organization's chief said on Friday.

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities Saturday began vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was ...

KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congo needs to do more to raise awareness about mpox and the availability of vaccines, an official with the response team said on Thursday ...