Congo's humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency
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A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. Congo has recorded more than 96% of the world's mpox cases this year, and the new variant that was discovered in th…
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Mpox cases are soaring in Africa—what must be done to prevent a global pandemic
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WHO declares mpox outbreak a global emergency
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Mpox: Disease Expert Explains Why It's Now a Global Health Emergency
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Congo's humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency
Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases in Africa, the WHO is meeting to decide whether to trigger its highest alert level over the mpox outbreak sweeping through several African countries.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the increasing spread of mpox a health emergency, warning the virus might spread across international borders.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning it might cross borders.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa was now a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm
The World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday held a meeting of experts to decide whether the mpox surge in Africa should be declared a global public health emergency.
The World Health Organization has declared the increasing spread of mpox in Africa a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders. The announcement came Wednesday
The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the mpox outbreaks in Africa are a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries.
The viral disease has swept through a number of African countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo. The EU said it would donate than 175,000 vaccine shots to the continent's top health body.
The World Health Organization has said the latest mpox outbreaks in Africa constitute a global emergency. As a new type of the virus spreads, there are few doses of the vaccine available on the continent.
The World Health Organization has said the latest mpox outbreaks in Africa constitute a global emergency. As a new type of the virus spreads, there are few doses of the vaccine available on the continent.
The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency. Cases are confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries, and a new form of the virus is spreading.
The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency. Ukrainian forces are pushing on with their major cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week.
The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.
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