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

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

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

Talks between WHO member states on a landmark global accord on handling future pandemics will roll into 2025 after countries ...

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 ...

Last week, Africa CDC's director Dr Jean Kaseya said the continent was "still in the acute phase" of the mpox epidemic, with ...

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 ...

Private insurance companies in the U.S. aren’t required to cover the cost of the mpox vaccine, which costs $270 a dose.

AP reports on the new U.K. cluster, noting that scientists say public risk remains low. Other global health news is on cigarettes in the U.K., a social media ban in Australia, the future of cancer ...