The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said mpox is spreading rapidly in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, a ...

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

ADDIS ABABA -- Since the start of 2024, the total number of mpox cases in Africa has risen to 34,297, including 6,806 ...

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has congratulated the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on the successful launch of its mpox ...

Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, travelers coming into the United States who have been in Rwanda in the previous 21 days will be screened starting next week, the US Department of Health ...

The estimated budget for the six-month plan is almost $600 million, with 55% allocated to the response to mpox in 14 affected nations and boosting readiness in 15 others, Africa CDC director-general ...

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, ...

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 ...

Mpox was declared an international emergency ... The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said it is short of a $600-million target to tackle the disease now present ...

"Africa CDC confirms the first mpox case in North Africa for 2024, reported by Morocco's Ministry of Health" on September 12, a statement on the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention website ...