Sex workers say the situation threatens their health and livelihoods. Health officials warn that more must be done to stem ...

As cases of mpox steadily increase across the African continent, some 68% of them don’t have an epidemiological link — meaning they’re popping up among people that health workers aren’t m ...

Mpox causes mostly mild symptoms such as fever and body aches, but serious cases can mean prominent, painful blisters on the face, hands, chest and genitals. Kunguja and other sex workers insist ...

Researchers said booster shots may be required for people immunised against mpox in 2022, but larger studies are needed to ...

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Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, there already exist vaccines that are effective against mpox and the viral illness has also been known about for decades. These two factors mean that countermeasures ...

In a significant move to tackle the ongoing mpox outbreak, Congolese health officials have commenced the country's first vaccination campaign, aiming to curb the virus that has expanded from its ...

Reuters notes the PCR test, which samples skin lesion swabs, will boost testing in countries with mpox outbreaks. Meanwhile, Ghana has confirmed its first mpox case, though the exact variant is not ...

"On top of it all, stigma and lack of accurate information about mpox are all too common, often meaning people only seek treatment when the symptoms are already severe and highly infectious," Kadidia ...

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with ...