Mpox, a viral infection that was previously known as monkeypox, is spread primarily through close contact with an infected ...
The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first ...
Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...
The DR Congo's capital Kinshasa needs more than double the mpox vaccines it currently has to immunise all the city's at-risk ...
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the ...
Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus.
Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," ...
But the U.N. health agency acknowledged Friday that only 40% to 50% of suspected infections in Congo were being tested — and that the virus is continuing to spread in some parts of the country ...