Global World News Mpox Outbreak Becomes A Global Health Emergency

Mpox outbreak no longer a global health emergency, WHO chief says

The World Health Organization no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency, the U.N. agency's director said Friday. The new form of mpox emerged in early ... Read More

WHO chief lifts global mpox emergency

Aubin Mukoni/AFP/AFP Mpox no longer represents a global public health emergency, the WHO said Friday, following a steady decline in cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other ... Read More

Mpox Is Out of Control. The US Retreat From Foreign Aid Is Making It Worse.

Outbreaks of mpox have now been reported in more than a dozen countries across Africa, revealing a continent-wide surge just as the US and Europe dramatically scale back global health funding. Read More

Whatever happened to mpox? Is it still a threat?

The virus took the world by storm. It was declared a "public health emergency of continental concern." What's the current status? With the U.S. aid cuts, one doctor says, "We're flying blind." ... Read More

WHO Ends Mpox Global Health Emergency, Calls for Vigilance

Mpox is no longer a global health emergency, but more needs to be done to eradicate the sometimes deadly virus that causes unsightly, painful rashes, the World Health Organization said. WHO ... Read More

More severe strain of mpox reported in Long Beach — the 7th ever case in the U.S.

Infections of Clade I, a stronger strain than Clade II, were found last year in small cases in Germany, Sweden, Thailand and the United Kingdom, among others, before being reported in the U.S. in ... Read More

WHO chief lifts global mpox emergency

A vial of mpox vaccine awaiting use at the General Hospital in Goma, DR Congo. The WHO has lifted the global public health emergency - Copyright AFP Aubin Mukoni A ... Read More