Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of ...

Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization ...

Responding to rising mpox cases in Africa, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international ...

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

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

The World Health Organization says it has granted its first authorization for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, ...

The World Health Organization Friday approved MVA-BN as the first mpox vaccine added to its pre-qualification list.

Divine Wisoba mourns her daughter, lost to mpox in Congo where a new strain spreads rapidly. With over 6,000 cases in South ...

The World Health Organization announced Friday it has authorized the use of an mpox vaccine, calling it an “important step” ...

The announcement marks the first mpox vaccine to be added to the WHO's prequalification list to facilitate timely access and ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals but can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact ...

The vaccine doses — manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic — will be available this year, Gavi said, without giving any specific dates ...