People living with HIV who contract mpox should start antiretroviral therapy (ART) as soon as possible, according to updated ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced the first death from mpox, also known as monkeypox, since the disease was first ...

Health authorities in The Gambia have confirmed the country's first case of Mpox, a viral disease formerly known as monkeypox, while investigating 17 additional suspected infections. Public health ...

The Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to combat viral hepatitis and Mpox in the country, citing increasing infection ...

The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has described the government's response to the escalating ...

Mpox looks like its cousin smallpox, but because smallpox was literally wiped off the planet in 1980, very few, if any, Americans have come in direct contact with a person’s body covered in ...

Because mpox is so closely related to smallpox, vaccines for smallpox are also effective against mpox. In addition to Jynneos, the US has another smallpox vaccine in its stockpile, called ACAM2000.

Mpox is back. More than 900 people, mostly African children, have died this year and public health officials say the new variant inflicting that toll could arrive in the U.S. at any time. There ...

WASHINGTON — A new cluster of mpox cases in the United States — following nearly seven months of steady decline — is leading health officials to warn of a possible rebound outbreak this summer.

With Mpox a public health emergency in Africa, what you must know about increased virus risk Overall cases are up 160%; deaths up by 19% compared to last year, Africa CDC confirms — what to know ...

Efforts to curb mpox are also hampered by a lack of vaccines. While wealthy nations like the United States quickly stockpiled mpox vaccines in 2022, few of the shots reached the Global South.

Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and scientists say a new form of the disease detected in a mining town might more easily spread among people. Since January, Congo has ...