Responding to rising mpox cases in Africa, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international ...

As a deadly mpox outbreak continues to spread in Africa and other parts of the world, new questions are emerging about ...

Throughout modern medical history, Americans have underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats until the consequences ...

The global vaccine alliance Gavi says it will buy 500,000 doses of vaccine against mpox to fight outbreaks of the disease in ...

Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of ...

Most cases are in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but this year's outbreaks have spread elsewhere in Africa. It's a matter ...

Last week, the first batch of mpox vaccines arrived in the capital of Congo, the center of the outbreak. The 100,000 doses of ...

An outbreak of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in Africa spurred the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency on Aug. 14 for the second time since 2022. More than 17,000 ...

STAT senior writer Helen Branswell answers the most frequently asked questions about what is happening with mpox now and what can be done to stop this current outbreak. STAT answers pressing questions ...

The United States has beefed up testing and surveillance for a new strain of mpox and has ensured that vaccines are readily ...

Amid a global health emergency over mpox, Congo has received 50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the United States on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency for mpox earlier this month following an outbreak in Africa.