Kaseya is director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He's talking about mpox, a virus that causes painful blisters and can be fatal. For much of the world ...

MITI MURHESA, Congo — Hospitals across eastern Congo that were once at the forefront of the country’s response to the mpox outbreak are facing a setback in detecting the disease and offering ...

A NEW mutant strain of mpox discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be better at spreading between people, health officials warn. This new mutation of the Clade 1a mpox variant "has ...

“The high transmittance rate of the clade 1a Mpox variant is likely due to mutations the virus has picked up – exactly how these impact transmission isn’t currently clear and more research ...

The alarm has been raised over the mutation of a new strain of mpox. The variant is said to be "highly transmissible" and is currently rampaging through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The WHO, which first declared the emergency in August last year, said its decision was based ...