The World Health Organization (WHO) is easing fears that Ghana may be at high risk of contracting the deadly Mpox virus.

As of 3 November, cases among children in the DRC had increased by over 130% from about 11,300 suspected cases to 25,600, while in Burundi, mpox has risen from 89 confirmed child cases to around 1,100 ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said a single case of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b had been confirmed in London last ...

The United Kingdom today reported an additional case of the new variant of mpox, an infectious viral disease that can cause ...

In Africa, a different variant of mpox is proving more deadly, with a mortality rate at around 5%, compared with the 2022 ...

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It’s quite easily passed on from one person to another.

Talks between WHO member states on a landmark global accord on handling future pandemics will roll into 2025 after countries ...

Private insurance companies in the U.S. aren’t required to cover the cost of the mpox vaccine, which costs $270 a dose.

The African Union's health watchdog announced on Thursday that it has endorsed an mpox test from Morocco, describing it as a major milestone ...

The DR Congo's capital Kinshasa needs more than double the mpox vaccines it currently has to immunise all the city's at-risk population, the virus response chief told AFP Wednesday.

The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health watchdog ...

Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus.