DAKAR (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other African countries will start vaccinating against the viral infection mpox in a few days if everything is in place, the director ...

Officials grappling with spiraling mpox cases in Congo have moved forward the launch of a first vaccination campaign, but ...

A man suffering from mpox waits for treatment at the Kamituga General Hospital in South Kivu Congo, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.

Case numbers for the global mpox outbreak have decreased since 2022, but the situation in Africa has noticeably worsened. On ...

Mpox cases caused by the fast-spreading clade Ib variant and at least one other strain were detected in Kinshasa, the ...

The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ...

Democratic Republic of Congo will start its mpox vaccination campaign on Oct. 2, nearly a week earlier than previously ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children, pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk from the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Since early 2024, country has reported over 4,900 confirmed mpox cases and more than 620 deaths, according to official ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first shipment of mpox vaccines today, three weeks after the UN declared a ...

The number of patients has continued to increase significantly since last November in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where a regional epidemic of Mpox has been recognized and the procurement of ...

Mpox vaccines have been administered in Africa for the first time, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated in ...