Over the past week, both Zambia and Zimbabwe reported their first cases of the mpox virus, previously known as monkeypox. The ...

Two more African countries have reported cases of mpox over the past six weeks, bringing the total of affected nations to 16, ...

Africa's top public health agency says the number of mpox-related deaths in the continent has surpassed 1,000 and warned of ...

As many as 18 of the 55 African countries struggle with the mpox virus. Official statistics indicate that monkeypox has led ...

Some 1,100 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's health agency said Thursday, warning that the epidemic was "going out of control" without further action.

Africa registered 50 new deaths from mpox in the past week, bringing the toll to 1,100 since the beginning of the year, the ...

Presidential Taskforce on Public Health Emergencies co-chairperson Dr Wilfred Chalamira Nkhoma has called on health sector ...

Emergent BioSolutions, one of only three companies with a vaccine for mpox, has agreed to donate 50,000 doses of its shot for use in the current outbreak concentrated in central Africa ...

The original mpox outbreak began in 2022, but case numbers have rumbled on, despite countermeasures. Ben Hargreaves finds that a new variant of the virus is spreading more rapidly, and the ...

Zambia's health ministry on Thursday reported the country's first case of mpox, without disclosing which variant had been recorded. Biden announces new rule to remove all US lead pipes in a decade ...

These factors leave children vulnerable to abuse and violation. With El Niño worsening drought conditions, families across Zambia are facing immense hardships as they struggle to access food, water, ...