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The distribution plan prioritizes the most affected regions, with the Democratic Republic of Congo receiving 85 percent of ...

While the study did not meet its primary endpoint of a statistically significant improvement in time to lesion resolution within 28 days for mpox patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo who were ...

“Mpox is very infectious in households with close contact ... “In recent weeks, limited vaccination has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda,” the WHO said in its announcement.

The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health watchdog ...

Deaths keep climbing too, with the vast majority in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The number of African nations with mpox ...

Attempts to change the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo only exacerbate existing citizen distrust in government.

The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of brincidofovir in treating mpox virus. The trial is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring ...

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo - reporting four out of every five confirmed cases in Africa this year - will take 85% of the nearly 900,000 doses allocated ...

An additional case of a new strain of mpox has been detected in Britain, bringing the total number of infections in the ...