South Africa's National Department of Health appealed for vigilance as three new cases of monkeypox, also known as mpox, were ...

South Africa’s National Department of Health has raised an alert following the confirmation of three new cases of monkeypox ...

A NEW mutant strain of mpox discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be better at spreading between people, ...

The African Union's (AU) public health agency released an advisory Thursday noting that 5,842 cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) had been recorded in 21 countries, with 38 deaths.

All confirmed cases are South African men in their mid to late 30s, according to the department. Mpox is a rare viral infectious disease in humans caused by the monkeypox virus.

Health officials have raised alarms over a newly identified, highly transmissible mpox variant, suspected of driving a surge ...

The other two cases, a 30-year-old male and a 27-year-old female, were detected through contact tracing and monitoring.

So far this year, 39 people have been diagnosed with monkeypox. But there are concerns that Clade I, which is deadlier, could also spread from central Africa to the US. Clade Ib is a less severe ...

Both patients are from Peshawar, with 20-year-old's case being local, while 42-year-old man had returned from Saudi Arabia ...

Analysis - Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What's different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations.

(MENAFN- IANS) Kampala, Jan 17 (IANS) Uganda has received 2,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine from the Africa Centers for disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) for a prevention campaign to be ...

The WHO has declared the illness “a significant public health threat” in the DR Congo Read Full Article at RT.com ...