These cases resulted in 1492 deaths (case fatality rate, 3.3%). From 2022 to 2024, weekly laboratory-confirmed mpox cases increased ... who were 15 years of age or younger. The consistency of ...

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern in August 2024, a day after ...

A SEVENTH case of a deadly mpox strain that kills one in 10 infected people has been detected in the UK. A mutation of the ...

Honourable Chair, Dr Jerome Walcott,Honourable Ministers, dear colleagues and friends,Good morning, happy New Year, and welcome once again to your WHO headquarters.As you know, for me 2024 ended with ...

Introduction The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak has been ... The case fatality rate (CFR) was estimated to be approximately 8.7%, between 1970 and 2019, with variation depending on the clade. No deaths were ...

A pause in this aid will have significant effects on Nigeria's economy as the West African most populous nation, hitherto, ...

Meanwhile public health bosses around the region have called for more to be done to curb the impact made by big alcohol firms ...

The 90-day recurrence rate was 15.6% and overall 90-day mortality was 22.3%, but CDI-attributable mortality was 4.9%. Independent risk factors for CDI recurrence were female sex (odds ratio [OR], 2.26 ...

including 878 confirmed ones and 21 deaths, according to data from the African Union's specialized healthcare agency. Among the 21 African countries affected by the ongoing mpox outbreak since the ...

Ireland is the latest European country to identify a case of a contagious new strain of mpox that is ravaging Central ... illness and a greater risk of death. A subset of the more dangerous ...

The cumulative number of confirmed Mpox cases in Uganda has risen to 2,462, according to the national mpox situation report dated January 27, 2025. The same report says 602 new mpox cases were ...