Tag: Mpox
WHO: Mpox outbreak international health emergency
share-arrowShare unsaveSave chevron-left previous expand-left full screen chevron-rightnext The mpox virus, formerly known as apopox, is spreading in Africa. Here mpox particles (red) are seen in an infected cell. Archive…
Mpox: African Union health agency declares ‘public health emergency’
The African Union’s health agency, Africa CDC, declared a continent-wide public health emergency on Tuesday, August 13, over the spread of mpox, long known as monkeypox. This is its highest…
Health emergency declared in Africa after mpox outbreak
A health emergency has been declared in Africa following a widespread outbreak of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. This was announced by the African Union’s public health agency, Africa CDC,…
M-pox nightmare in Congo! Sexually transmitted, could spread to other countries: ‘The most dangerous variant yet’
Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said in a statement that 450 people have lost their lives due to the M-pox epidemic since the beginning of the year, and 11,166 people…
New mpox variant in Congo-Kinshasa
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen The new mpox virus spreads via skin contact between people. Archive image. Photo: Cdc/AP/TT A new and more deadly variant of the monkeypox virus mpox…
Monkeypox also becomes mpox in Sweden
Published: Less than 10 min ago full screen Apkoppor becomes mpox in Sweden as well. Archive image. Photo: Anders Humlebo/TT The disease monkeypox recently received a new English name –…
Monkeypox also becomes mpox in Sweden
To avoid stigma, the World Health Organization (WHO) chose last month to rename monkeypox to mpox. The spread of the disease was greatest in western and central Africa and the…
Covid-19, Mpox, avian flu… The decline of biodiversity threatens us all
Animals of all kinds locked up in a market, a confined city, an invisible enemy raging, the world soon to its knees… The beginning of the script for a disaster…