Evidence about the virus and the spread of disease indicates animals that may be a reservoir of the mpox virus. In the DRC, 43 species of animals, including primates, have shown positive evidence of ...

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

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

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

Some experts believe that the 2022 mpox outbreak — which mainly hit gay and bisexual men — may have had a lingering effect on ...

There is no evidence Japan has named the COVID-19 vaccine the “most deadly drug in history,” as the post claims.

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

Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in ...

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

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

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