In the first of the 2 outbreaks, affected children had contact with bats. Further investigations are under way for both ...

International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated, and the ...

A mysterious new illness in Congo has experts on high alert as WHO reports over 400 cases and 45 deaths With no clear cause authorities race to prevent a larger outbreak ...

Ugandans who always dismiss disease outbreak announcements as alarmist are experiencing epidemic fatigue, Dr Richard Kabanda, ...

Ugandans dismissing disease outbreak announcements as alarmist are fatigued with epidemics, Dr. Richard Kabanda, the Commissioner for Health Promotion and Education, has said. On January 30, 2025, the ...

Original title: Epidemiological and genomic evolution of the ongoing outbreak of clade Ib mpox virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been authored by 16 researchers from ...

The postponement comes amid concerns that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, could make changes ...

Experts have stressed that reducing the aid will not only increase the risk of mpox spreading to other countries but could ...

East African Community (EAC) continues to enhance strategic partnerships to bolster its capacity to drive sustainable development and tackle regional challenges. In this regard, the EAC and Germany's ...

As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater ...

The rapidly evolving conflict between the armed group M23/Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and the Congolese army in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... However, in 2024 in North and South Kivu provinces ...

Until now, the international response to the rapidly escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the ...