Ever since the 2022 global outbreak of mpox, the number of cases has died down in the United States, but Fulton County ...

While the case fatality rate is 2.4 percent for adults, it jumps to 8.6 percent among those 15 and younger. Of the mpox deaths reported in 2024, 62 percent were among children under five.

The CDC warned travelers of "confirmed" cases of diphtheria in Guinea, as well as outbreaks of mpox in Liberia and Sierra ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced the death of one person from Mpox since the outbreak of the disease. The confirmed cases have increased to 257.

Despite this, researchers found that the mpox mortality rate of participants who received the antiviral was 1.7 per cent, an improvement on the 3.6 per cent mortality rate typically seen in the DRC.

What to know about mpox after WHO declared it a global health emergency A new form of the mpox virus is spreading rapidly in parts of Africa, known as clade 1b. More than 500 mpox deaths have been ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The number of mpox -related deaths in Africa has surpassed 1,000, the head of the continent’s top public health agency said Thursday, warning of the continuing threat of ...

Who is most at risk? The strain of mpox that has been spreading in Congo has a death rate of 3 percent, much higher than the 0.2 percent death rate observed in the 2022 outbreak.

Health Nation & World World Africa’s mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international support Oct. 17, 2024 at 8:04 am Updated Oct. 17, 2024 at 8:36 am ...