Congolese authorities began vaccination against mpox on Saturday, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond ...

When the virus that causes mpox jumped onto the international stage in 2022, countries around the world, including the United States, turned to vaccines targeting the closely related smallpox ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Congolese health officials launched their first mpox vaccination campaign on Saturday, a key step in efforts to contain an outbreak that has ...

Johannesburg — Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday they would start administering mpox vaccinations on Oct. 2, about a week sooner than initially planned ...

Van Kerkhove is interim director of the Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization. There is a pervasive myth that the ...

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has reported more than 5,000 laboratory-confirmed cases this year. Given the well ...

Mpox is now considered a global health emergency as cases surge in Central Africa and a new, more severe subtype of the virus spreads to multiple countries — prompting concerns about lockdowns ...

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...

However, unlike the global outbreak in 2022 that was overwhelmingly focused in gay and bisexual men, mpox in Africa is now being spread via sexual transmission as well as through close contact ...

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations, nearly two months after outbreaks in Africa were declared a global emergency GOMA, Congo -- Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations, nearly two months after ...