The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency, as U.S. health officials continued to warn about the risk of its spread. The WHO issued an emergency for ...

WHO Declares Mpox a Global Health Emergency This outbreak in the Congo began with the spread of an endemic strain and is the second in two years to prompt a global emergency designation.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning it might cross borders.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of ...

The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency following multiple outbreaks of a new monkeypox subvariant in Africa.

The WHO’s declaration of the public health emergency indicates that the current mpox outbreak represents a threat globally, not just to the currently affected areas.

The current outbreak stems from the clade I strain of mpox, different from the clade II strain that caused the 2022 global health emergency.

WHO Declares Mpox Global Health Emergency. Here’s What to Know A new virus strain has been spreading primarily the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as nearby countries that had ...

The WHO has declared the mpox outbreaks a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries.