Some schools are re-instituting the Covid-19 standard operating procedures to try and curb the spread of the two diseases ...

In schools across Wakiso and Kampala, health awareness materials concerning the ongoing Ebola and Mpox outbreaks were ...

Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

We have been publishing stories of a number of people who have been through the throes of Mpox, a highly contagious ... be ignored Continuous widespread awareness campaigns must also continue.

For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus ...

An eighth case of the new deadly mpox strain has been detected in the UK, health officials have said. The clade 1b mutation has been dubbed "the most dangerous one so far" by experts. The ...

What is mpox? New vaccination sites open across England - Officials said it is important those who are eligible can access ...

The second mpox case of the year was detected on Thursday when a five-month-old infant with the disease arrived in Peshawar from Qatar, health authorities said. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Adviser ...

The number of Mpox cases reported in Africa this year has surpassed 9 959, as the death toll reached 85, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya told an online media briefing on Thursday evening.

Mpox has been endemic in remote, rural areas of Africa for decades but has attracted relatively little attention until the global outbreak that began in 2022. In July of that year, I declared a ...

The NHS in England is expanding access to mpox vaccination for high-risk groups after delivery of new vaccine stocks. It follows an announcement in September that the Government has purchased more ...

Health authorities in Peshawar have confirmed the second case of the Mpox virus this year. The infection was detected in a five-month-old girl who arrived at Bacha Khan International Airport from ...