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 ...

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

When the virus that causes mpox jumped onto the international stage in 2022, countries around the world, including the United States, turned to vaccines targeting the closely related smallpox virus to ...

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

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 ...

As mpox cases continue to surge in Africa, particularly with a severe outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, concerns ...

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 decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.

FILE - A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of ...

KINSHASA, Congo — (AP) — Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the ...