A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases ...

Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.

Africa is set to record more mpox cases this year than it did in 2024, when an explosion of the virus prompted the ...

The Head of the Incident Management Support Team at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, has disclosed that Africa has recorded 141,000 suspected ...

Ethiopia confirmed its first mpox cases in late May, with 3 infections reported, and last week the total rose sharply, to 40 ...

Most of the directives limit physical interactions during public liturgical celebrations, including Mass. The country has ...

Sierra Leonean authorities have called for international help to curb the spread of mpox in the country as a new toll on ...

Then I became scared.” Yusuf is one of over 3,600 people in Sierra Leone who have tested positive for mpox since the start of ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced that the mpox upsurge ...