No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

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

The World Health Organization will convene a meeting later this month to determine whether the mpox outbreak occurring in ...

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the UK, making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa.

Mpox, a viral infection that was previously known as monkeypox, is spread primarily through close contact with an infected ...

Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first ...

The World Health Organization will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a ...

The African continent is still in the acute phase of the Mpox outbreak as the number of cases reported so far this year ...

In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.

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The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox has allocated an initial 899 000 vaccine doses for 9 countries across the African region that are hit hard by the current mpox surge.