Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans and, in some cases, from person to person. The virus is a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus which ...
Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is the latest virus outbreak promoting a World Health Organization emergency meeting. Large numbers of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...
Photo/COURTESY Over 100 teachers from Kindergarten, Primary, and Secondary schools within the Kampala Metropolitan Area have been sensitized on the Mpox virus through the "Safe Circles" campaign.
The Kampala Metropolitan Area has been identified as the epicenter of the Mpox virus spread in Uganda, according to a report released by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on January 21, 2025.
Last July, I read an article in a medical journal about a puzzling new strain of the mpox virus that had turned up in Kamituga, a scrappy mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Over 100 school teachers have been sensitized on the Mpox virus through the 'Safe circles' campaign by Ministry of Health (MOH), Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and UNICEF Uganda ahead of ...
The WHO also prequalified Bavarian Nordic's vaccine against Mpox, a first against the deadly monkeypox virus (MPXV). Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic or MVA-BN is indicated for active ...
A man from Bengaluru, who recently returned from Dubai, has tested positive for the Mpox virus (formerly known as Monkeypox), according to a report by Deccan Herald. The 40-year-old patient is ...