Sustained local transmission is being blamed for the most recent outbreak in cases of the mpox virus, the first outbreak ...

Mpox is caught through close contact. If you get infected, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear. They commonly include cold and flu-like symptoms such as a fever, ...

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A viral disease now known as mpox has been spreading infecting people at increasingly higher rates. It causes fever, chills, ...

A case of mpox has been found in Nakasongola jail in central Uganda, a prison spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that the ...

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has begun distributing 265,000 doses of Mpox vaccine. The disease has spread in several ...

A total of 35,525 suspected cases of mpox, including 996 deaths, have been reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, the WHO said in a fact sheet. In the week of September 23-29, the number ...