Here's what you need to know about mpox after CDC sent alert ... - ABC News
1 day ago · People with mpox, which was formerly known as monkeypox, often get a rash that can be located on hands, feet, chest, face, mouth or near the genitals, the CDC said. Mpox cases have been rising ...
California confirms first clade I mpox case | CDC Newsroom
4 days ago · The California Department of Public Health confirmed, through laboratory testing, the first known case of clade I mpox in the United States. This case is related to an ongoing outbreak of clade I mpox in Central and Eastern Africa. The risk of clade I mpox to the public remains low, and there continue to be sporadic clade II mpox cases in the ...
Vaccine doses allocated for 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox
Nov 6, 2024 · An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said on Wednesday.
Even as vaccines for mpox reach Africa, questions remain ... - Science News
Sep 19, 2024 · Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain. Mpox’s rapid spread in Africa raises concerns it may now be more infectious and more severe.
Mpox News – Africa CDC
Nov 12, 2024 · Weekly Special Press Briefing on the Mpox Outbreak and other Health Emergencies in Africa.
Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a ... - Associated Press News
Aug 27, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent’s public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed.
Mpox outbreaks in Africa are a global health emergency, WHO ... - CBS News
Aug 15, 2024 · The mpox outbreaks in Africa are a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday.
Africa's mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world's inability …
Aug 27, 2024 · A leading African scientist says the growing mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect and the global community’s inability to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity against the
Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO …
Aug 30, 2024 · GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days.
What is mpox, and why is this outbreak so concerning? | CNN
Aug 15, 2024 · The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law.