Sex workers are among those hardest-hit by the mpox outbreak in eastern Congo's Kamituga town. An estimated 40,000 sex ...

Sex workers say the situation threatens their health and livelihoods. Health officials warn that more must be done to stem ...

Come nightfall, gold-diggers, hawkers and prostitutes alike barrel into the bars of Kamituga in the eastern DR Congo, with ...

Suspected cases of mpox have been recorded in at least 15 African countries, said Jean Kaseya, the director-general of the ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has ramped up its efforts to combat recent Mpox and Marburg virus outbreaks by enhancing public health emergency management training ...

Australia has seen a rapid rise in mpox cases in the past three months, with one health expert concerned that low vaccination ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory recommending that select travelers to ...

Over $800 million has been pledged to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention for its fight against a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, the agency's head said on Thursday, adding ...

Johannesburg — Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday they would start administering mpox vaccinations on Oct. 2, about a week sooner than initially planned ...

As a deadly mpox outbreak continues to spread in Africa and other parts of the world, questions are emerging about whether some vulnerable people in the United States may need booster doses of the ...

The single most important tool for extinguishing the fire is mpox vaccination, which prevents infection and illness. Until yesterday, not a single dose of mpox vaccine was available in Congo.

Johannesburg — The Democratic Republic of Congo, at the epicenter of a global health emergency declared over a still-growing mpox outbreak, received a first delivery of 99,000 vaccines for the ...