The virus behind the outbreak, technically mpox clade IIb ... The vaccine—called Jynneos in the US and Imvanex in Europe—has not been made or sold in Africa so far. And at US$100 per dose (£76), it is ...

In a first-ever milestone, Africa’s initial HIV cure trial has yielded historic findings: 20% of patients have remained off ...

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

Health bosses at the Cambridge-based hospital said they had alerted 30 patients over possible exposure to the nasty bug - a further 20 staff members were also contacted ...

Officials are also seeing promising trends in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where conflict in some of the ...

More than 15,000 people in Africa have died of Ebola in the past 50 years. Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the east African ...

As outbreaks persist, strategy focuses on controlling outbreaks, while expanding vaccination ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Africa CDC ...

A team of scientists has uncovered the remarkable potential of a human antibody, mAb 3A6, in fighting Ebola virus infections.

For many years, only sporadic OPXV zoonosis cases have been documented from mpox (MPXV) in Africa, cowpox virus in North Europe, Akhmeta virus in West Asia, Alaskapox virus in North America ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) commends the Republic of Uganda for officially declaring the end of its eighth outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SVD).

HIV AIDS in animals: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection was first identified in Central Africa. Here, the virus initially spread among chimpanzees. While chimpanzees are the only animals ...