On a humid January morning in 2023, deep in the heart of Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park, a baby monkey fell ill. Its skin ...

A team of researchers traced the wild animal source of the mpox virus to the fire-footed rope squirrel Funisciurus pyrropus ...

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The number of mpox cases reported in Africa in the past three months has been more than half ...

The outbreak began when a team of scientists and documentary film-makers excavated the remains of a woolly mammoth in the frozen Arctic tundra.

The DRC is also grappling with a major measles outbreak. Kyeng Mercy, PhD, epidemic intelligence unit lead at Africa CDC, ...

The AU's specialised healthcare agency indicated that the African continent has reported 39,840 mpox cases so far in 2025, ...

He, however, said that challenges persisted in active case search, contact tracing, and follow-up, especially within sexual ...

For decades, the human niche for viruses related to smallpox has remained mostly empty. Since eradicating smallpox, only rare ...

In Uganda, the virus is spreading in urban areas and among sexual networks, posing contact-tracing challenges.

Scientists warn monkeypox could become a serious global threat as it shows signs of sustained human-to-human transmission.

Most European cases have been reported in people who had travelled to parts of Africa with ongoing mpox outbreaks.

Insufficient research on mpox hinders effective control strategies, emphasizing the need to understand its transmission and ...