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 NHS have opened 12 new mpox vaccination sites to help protect those at an increased risk of getting the infection. Every ...

The executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting this week, just days after US President Donald Trump ...

The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned that the deteriorating humanitarian situation ...

The WHO is a United Nations agency that aims to expand universal health coverage, coordinates responses to health emergencies ...

Another case of the mpox variant clade lb has been detected in England, marking the eighth confirmed case since last year.

Trump's administration also told federal health agencies to stop most communications with the public through at least the end ...

During the first mpox declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) from July 23, 2022, to May 10, 2023, more than 100,000 cases ...

Fighting escalated sharply in late January, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized control of parts of North Kivu, including areas near t ...

A new case of the mpox variant clade Ib has been reported in England, marking the eighth case in the country since October ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder.