Mpox

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCases of a potentially lethal variant of the mpox virus have been spreading across countries in Europe, hospitalising victims amid a rush to procure vaccines. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritain has detected two more cases of the new mpox variant clade Ib in household contacts of the first case, the country’s…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA single case of Mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – linked to the recent outbreak in parts of Africa, has been…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGhana’s health service has reported the country’s first case of Mpox this year, without disclosing which variant had been recorded, according to…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she’s still struggling to regain clients,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteU.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Indian health ministry confirmed the first case of the fast-spreading clade 1b mpox variant that triggered a public health emergency alert from the World…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYoungsters have been especially impacted by mpox outbreaks raging in Africa, with children under five accounting for nearly a third of the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses of the vaccine it obtained from Nigeria under an agreement between the two…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSlumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox…