Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," ...

Rwanda’s last Marburg virus patient was discharged from the hospital on November 8, starting a 42-day countdown until the ...

Meanwhile, Uganda’s outbreak is rapidly expanding, mostly involving intimate close-contact spread and among sexual networks ...

So far, about 50,000 people in Congo have been immunized against mpox. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The World Health Organization will convene a meeting later this month to determine whether the mpox outbreak occurring in ...

Press Release - Nineteen African states--those currently reporting or that have reported Mpox cases within this outbreak--gathered in a 'back-to-school' style meeting in Congo Brazzaville in the first ...

Press Release - A drug currently approved for smallpox in the U.S. will undergo clinical trials to treat patients infected by the Mpox viruswho are at risk of severe complications in the Democratic ...

Press Release - Multiple public health emergencies and challenges continue to take a toll on mental health across Africa. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has taken a ...

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

4:36 ‘Mpox is not the new COVID,’ WHO says amid virus surge in Europe, Africa Last week, Africa CDC’s director Dr. Jean ...

The African continent is still in the acute phase of the mpox outbreak, as the number of cases reported so far ...

The World Health Organization is to hold a summit to discuss the future of mpox after more than 1,000 deaths from the virus.