monkeypox

Health news

New mpox strain in the UK: Where else has it been detected?

Health authorities said the risk to the general public remains low.

31/10/2024

Health news

Risk to Europeans is low after new mpox strain found in Germany - ECDC

The German patient is the second case of a new strain of mpox detected in Europe.

23/10/2024

Health news

Mpox vaccine immunity appears to wane within a year - study

Researchers said booster shots may be required for people immunised against mpox in 2022, but larger studies are needed to confirm the findings first.

03/10/2024

Health news

Why the Democratic Republic of the Congo is struggling to contain mpox

The most impacted country due to mpox is struggling to contain it. Here's a look at why that's the case.

20/09/2024

Health news

Global vaccine donor to buy 500,000 mpox jabs for Africa

The vaccines should arrive later this year, according to vaccine alliance Gavi.

19/09/2024

Health news

African countries report more than 100 mpox-related deaths in a week

The rising death toll due to mpox is "not acceptable," a top health official said.

13/09/2024

Health news

WHO launches plan to halt Africa's mpox outbreak

In addition to the WHO plan, Germany, France, and Austria said they will provide mpox shots to African countries affected by the outbreak.

26/08/2024

Health news

Why mpox is 'concerning' but not the next COVID, according to experts

The mpox outbreak is a very different situation from the COVID pandemic, experts say but we cannot be "complacent".

24/08/2024

Business

Bavarian Nordic shares rise on stronger earnings and major Mpox order

The company recently received a 440,000 smallpox and Mpox vaccine dose contract from an unnamed European country.

22/08/2024

Health news

DRC hopes to receive mpox vaccines to address health emergency

Most of the mpox cases and deaths have been in Congo, with a new strain that is likely more transmissible spreading there.

20/08/2024

Health news

Mpox cases 'highly likely' to be imported to Europe, ECDC warns

EU countries should issue travel advice for areas impacted by mpox, European health authorities said, after the virus outbreak was declared a global emergency.

16/08/2024

Health news

Sweden reports first case of more severe mpox strain

Swedish officials said the clade I case of mpox detected in a patient "does not affect the risk to the general population".

15/08/2024

Health news

What is mpox and why has the WHO declared it a health emergency?

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is endemic in central and western Africa and was last declared a global health emergency in 2022.

15/08/2024

Health news

Scientists warn against stigma amid Congo's biggest mpox outbreak

As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse.

28/12/2023

Health news

Health experts warn lack of testing creates 'diagnostic apartheid'

The right to health "has been denied" to many in developing countries as the West hoarded COVID and Mpox tests.

02/02/2023

Health news

Monkeypox: New research centre in the UK aims to curb the virus

While monkeypox diagnoses have fallen in recent weeks, this new research centre is hoping to get the spread of the virus completely under control in Europe and beyond.

21/10/2022

World News

Good news about the monkeypox outbreak, good news for stray dogs

Headlines can be hard going but not all news is bad news, here are five positive stories from this week. #goodnews

09/09/2022

Europe News

Monkeypox transmission can be eliminated in Europe, WHO says

There are "encouraging early signs" that the monkeypox outbreak is slowing, according to the World Health Organization's regional office for Europe.

30/08/2022

World News

Twitter failed to tackle LGBTQ monkeypox hate speech, says study

False claims about the LGBTQ community have skyrocketed online after the virus outbreak in May.

25/08/2022

Health news

Poxy McPoxface or TRUMP-22? The WHO looks to rename monkeypox

Experts say the virus' current name is "discriminatory and stigmatising".

18/08/2022