Africa

Bavarian Nordic, the manufacturer of the only mpox vaccine, is seeking to extend the shot’s license in Europe to include adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, as a more deadly...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday took the long-discussed step of declaring a global health emergency over the monkeypox or “mpox” outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which...

Sweden has reported the first confirmed case outside Africa of the more deadly mpox variant that sparked the World Health Organization to declare a global public health emergency a day...

Bavarian Nordic can provide 10 million doses of its mpox vaccine to African countries by the end of 2025 to help them deal with the latest global public health emergency,...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) just declared monkeypox an international public health emergency. Keep in mind that this is the second time in the last two years that WHO has...

The health authority has declared a over an outbreak on the continent. “With a heavy heart but with an unyielding commitment to our people, to our African citizens, we declare...

In response to new and resurging mpox outbreaks in multiple African countries, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a continent-wide public health emergency Tuesday. Although many...

A fast-spreading mpox outbreak in Africa was declared a continent-wide public health emergency, as the region’s main health advisory body invoked this power for the first time as it moved...

The African Union’s health watchdog has declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a “clarion call for action”. “I declare...