Mpox Related Topics

A vial of the mpox vaccine is seen during the launch of the vaccination campaign at the General Hospital of Goma, on October 5, 2024. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse PARIS France has detected its first case of a new mpox virus, the health ministry s

Mireille Efonge got sick a few months ago, with a fever and painful blisters on her groin. She became too weak to move, so neighbors carried her to a health center with walls of plastic sheeting in Pakadjuma, a crowded, poor community in Kinshasa, t

MANILA, Philippines As of this yearjili178, there have already been 52 detected cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the country, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said on Tuesday. Herbosa said that there was one reporte

MANILAbouncingball8, Philippines The country has recorded its first fatality among the 52 mpox cases reported to the Department of Health (DOH) since August this year. In a media forum in Quezon City on Tuesday, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa expl

GENEVA, Switzerland The World Health Organization said Friday it had decided to keep its alert for the mpox epidemic at the highest level, as the number of cases and countries affected rises. The decision was based on the rising number and continuin

MANILAbonustime, Philippines Four new cases of mpox were recorded in the Calabarzon region, the Department of Health said. The DOH in Calabarzon said four patients began experiencing symptoms, which include rashes or sores lasting several weeks, fev