The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the ...

As African countries continue to grapple with multiple mpox outbreaks involving different clades and transmission patterns, ...

Africa's CDC has declared mpox a public health emergency as cases are up 160% compared to 2023. What to know about rising virus cases, spread and prevention. Fox News Media ...

More than a dozen nations struggle to contain outbreak as health systems flounder with loss of international support ...

How Many Cases Have Been Reported? African officials have confirmed 2,863 mpox cases and 517 deaths in 2024 so far, according to Africa CDC, most in the DRC. Only a fraction of suspected ...

As mpox (formerly monkeypox) has been declared a global public health emergency, some may wonder whether the virus poses a risk of a COVID-like pandemic. Here's what to know.

Congo alone has reported 15,600 mpox cases and 537 deaths, most of them among children under 15, indicating that the nature of the disease and its mode of spread may have changed. Here’s what to ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral infection that has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons due to its painful symptoms and potential for serious complications.

Mpox looks like its cousin smallpox, but because smallpox was literally wiped off the planet in 1980, very few, if any, Americans have come in direct contact with a person’s body covered in ...

The current outbreak in Africa stems from a different, more dangerous mpox variant compared to the last outbreak in 2022. There are no confirmed cases of the strain in the U.S.

Mpox cases are on the rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries. The first case outside Africa was detected in Sweden last week. Travelers don’t need to be too ...

Mpox rashes develop three to 17 days after exposure, with symptoms lasting two to three weeks. With chickenpox, the rash will appear within 10 to 21 days, with symptoms lasting four to seven days.