Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

The strain is estimated to kill about 5 per cent of adults who contract it, but the mortality rate rises to one in 10 in children. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral infection once ...

A case of the new deadly strain of monkeypox which has ripped through ... but the mortality rate rises to one in 10 in children. In comparison, Clade 2 only killed roughly about one in every ...

There are four known variants of the monkeypox virus: clades Ia ... Most infections have been in children, and it was known ...

Monkeypox usually lasts between two and four weeks. “While it is usually self-limiting, it can be serious in some people, such as children, pregnant women or people with immunosuppression ...

In response to the rapid spread of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in Africa ... there is a notable increase in infections among children and women, with a higher mortality rate.

Vaccinating children under five-years-old in endemic ... Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It was first identified in the DRC in 1970, with an unprecedented large ...

In 2022, the United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency ... While most people fully recover, some get very sick. Children, pregnant people and people with weak immune systems ...

Vaccinating children under five-years-old in endemic mpox regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) would significantly reduce the number of deaths in the country, according to a new ...

There are four known variants of the monkeypox virus: clades Ia ... Most infections have been in children, and it was known ...

Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," ...