As mpox continues to spread in Central Africa, a promising antiviral drug to treat the infection has failed to improve patients’ symptoms in a trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak. In the trial, the drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, did not alleviate the characteristic blisterlike rash seen … Read more
“International action” is needed to curb the spread of a potentially deadly infection that has already been declared a global health emergency, officials have said. In a major update the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that at least 100 new cases of mpox are being registered in Europe every month. The disease, formerly known as … Read more
More than four years since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the WHO (World Health Organization) in March 2020, fear of another mass outbreak looms large. The WHO, on August 14, declared the current upsurge of Mpox or Monkeypox in Central Africa as a global emergency requiring urgent action. The global concern for the virus … Read more
Mpox has been a public health problem in parts of Africa for decades New Delhi: The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for the second time in two years. Mpox causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions. Here’s your … Read more
In May 2023, the World Health Organization released a statement declaring the end of mpox—formerly known as monkeypox—as a public health emergency. Just over a year later, the agency has been forced to backtrack, with a far more serious epidemic brewing across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Statistics show that more than 15,000 mpox cases and … Read more
Scientists have sounded the alarm over the virus’ high fatality rate and rapid spread. (Image: Getty) Global health chiefs have declared mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) a global emergency, as scientists sounded the alarm over a new strain spreading rapidly across Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on yesterday that an outbreak of the strain … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed it will be convening an emergency committee to assess the threat of monkeypox. WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the committee will discuss whether to declare the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Dr Ghebreyesus noted the organisation has already recorded more cases in … Read more
The increasing spread of the monkeypox virus in Africa may be declared a global emergency. World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday (August 7) he had noted the increasing spread of monkeypox cases outside Congo. The WHO chief has decided to ask independent experts to advise the organisation as soon as … Read more
Officials have issued an urgent warning that a dangerous new strain of monkeypox “shows no sign of slowing” and could soon spread to new countries. The Democratic Republic of Congo has become a hotspot for the strain, known as clade 1b, with at least 25 reported cases popping up in one of its major cities. … Read more
Scientists have warned of a dangerous new strain of monkeypox that could spread internationally if it not properly contained. Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are currently tracking the strain and have warned international spread could come with more severe symptoms and a higher mortality rate. The strain is called Clade 1b and was … Read more
