ILOILO CITY, Philippines — With four confirmed mpox (monkeypox) cases and two more suspected infections under surveillance, the city government here will request the Department of Health (DOH ...

ILOILO CITY — The province of Capiz has logged its first confirmed case of monkeypox (mpox), while Iloilo City reported new infections, raising concerns over the spread of the viral disease in ...

Africa's CDC has declared mpox a public health emergency as cases are up 160% compared to 2023. What to know about rising virus cases, spread and prevention. Fox News Media ...

WHO declares mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency 02:47. Geneva — The mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already ...

Is mpox an emergency in the U.S.? Not currently. The Biden administration declared the virus a public health emergency in August 2022, following criticism over the government's lack of response.

How Many Cases Have Been Reported? African officials have confirmed 2,863 mpox cases and 517 deaths in 2024 so far, according to Africa CDC, most in the DRC. Only a fraction of suspected ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law. It follows a public ...

Congo alone has reported 15,600 mpox cases and 537 deaths, most of them among children under 15, indicating that the nature of the disease and its mode of spread may have changed. Here’s what to ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral infection that has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons due to its painful symptoms and potential for serious complications.

The current outbreak in Africa stems from a different, more dangerous mpox variant compared to the last outbreak in 2022. There are no confirmed cases of the strain in the U.S.

Mpox looks like its cousin smallpox, but because smallpox was literally wiped off the planet in 1980, very few, if any, Americans have come in direct contact with a person’s body covered in ...