A new mutated variant of Mpox has been identified in Democratic Republic of Congo, with health authorities concerned over increased transmissibility. The new variant comes from the clade 1a strain ...

In Congo, it has helped drive mpox cases to a record high of 53,000 this year, more than triple the number in 2023. About 1,250 people have died of the virus this year.

Separately, a new mpox strain with the possibility of a higher transmission rate has been detected, he said. Congo, which is as big as the US states of Alaska and Texas combined, needs funding to ...

Democratic Republic of Congo should start to receive three million doses of mpox vaccine from Japan next week that can be used on children, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Cases are not being reported as before. Congo saw a 31% weekly increase in mpox cases last week, bringing the total to 16,255, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Children’s Mpox Shots Arriving as Congo Fights Mystery Disease Japanese envoy to help with 1970s-era inoculation training Children are bearing the brunt of mpox and ‘Disease X’ ...

The country has had approximately 9,900 confirmed mpox cases and 45,800 suspected cases, according to Africa CDC data. As of Tuesday, 1,153 people have died from mpox in Congo.

The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that's because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being ...

Nurses examine patients at an mpox treatment center in Kamituga, South Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 20, 2024. GLODY MURHABAZI/AFP/Getty ...

Covering an Mpox Outbreak in Congo: Mile After Mile of Muck. A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa.