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

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

The authorities said the risk of a rapid spread remained low because the new cases had had household contact with the first ...

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

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 ...

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

Mpox, a viral disease related to smallpox ... has spread widely in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new strain has also ...

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 ...

Congo, with about 30,000 suspected mpox cases and 859 deaths, accounts for more than 80 percent of all the cases and 99 percent of all the deaths reported in Africa this year.