A new variant of human mpox has claimed the lives of approximately 5% of people with reported infections in the Democratic ...

Researchers have developed an optical biosensor that detects the virus that causes mpox. The technology could make diagnosis much faster and cost-effective as the disease continues to spread worldwide ...

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.

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 new and aggressive strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus is spreading rapidly among children in the Democratic ...

Researchers funded by the US government left pathogen samples abroad without safeguards or arrangements for their return and ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

The World Health Organisation on Monday announced that it is set to convene its Emergency Committee on November 22 to assess ...

Meanwhile, Uganda’s outbreak is rapidly expanding, mostly involving intimate close-contact spread and among sexual networks.

Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," ...

Dan Gertler, pictured at a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012, was initially sanctioned in 2017 The Biden administration recently re-imposed sanctions on Israeli businessman Dan ...