Africa's mpox deaths surpass 1,000
Africa's mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international support
Africa's top public health agency says the number of mpox-related deaths in the continent has surpassed 1,000 and warned of the continuing threat of cross-border contamination and a lack of rapid test
Deaths top 1,000 in Africa’s mpox outbreak
Over the past week, Africa’s surge of new mpox cases continued, and the region passed a grim marker, with fatal cases passing 1,000 for the year amid several worrying developments, including spread to new countries and in crowded settings that include prisons and refugee camps.
Rwanda's Marburg cases decline but mpox spreading in Africa, health officials say
Rwanda's outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is easing after vaccinations of the most vulnerable people including healthcare workers, but mpox cases are still spreading to new African countries, Rwanda's health minister and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's head said on Thursday.
New consortium launched to combat Mpox outbreak in Africa
University College Dublin (UCD) is leading MpoxVax AFRIVAC, a new €1.3 million international consortium that aims to rapidly deploy technology and develop new knowledge to end the current Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and surrounding countries.
1,100 mpox deaths recorded across Africa: CDC
Some 1,100 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's health agency said Thursday, warning that the epidemic was "going out of control" without further action."Mpox is going out of control if we don't act,
Mpox: Head of Africa CDC urges partners to honour pledges as death toll tops 1,000
The estimated budget for a six-month plan put forward by Africa CDC and the World Health Organization is almost $600 million, with 55% allocated to the response to mpox in 14 affected nations and boosting readiness in 15 others.
Mpox Vaccine Shortage Worsens as Africa Struggles With Outbreaks
The spread of mpox in congested refugee camps and prisons is raising vaccine needs as Africa struggles to contain multiple ...
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Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine equally effective in teens as adults
Bavarian Nordic’s MVA-BN vaccine showed equivalent antibody response and safety between teenagers and adults in an NIH study.
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NIH study shows Bavarian Nordic's mpox shot elicits immune response in teens
With the clade 1 outbreak of mpox (formerly monkeypox) raging through the Congo and other countries in Central Africa, ...
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How the Mpox Response Has Learned from History
Mpox’s present echoes HIV’s past—it’s a disease that has the potential to affect everyone and is more dangerous within a ...
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Mpox Vaccine is Safe and Generates a Robust Antibody Response in Adolescents, NIH Reports
A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical trial of an mpox vaccine in adolescents found it was safe and generated ...
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Mpox pace remains brisk in Africa as virus resurfaces in Brazzaville
African countries reported nearly 3,200 mpox cases last week, and 53 people died from their infections, with the Republic of ...