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Will Mpox Trigger Another COVID Like Pandemic?

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Will Mpox Trigger Another COVID Like Pandemic?

Home News EXPLAINER: With WHO Declaring Mpox Global Health Emergency, Will It Trigger Another COVID Like Pandemic? Despite WHO declaring mpox a global emergency in 2022, Africa got barely any vaccines or treatments. Clockwise from top; 1. A health worker takes a saliva sample from Lucie Habimana, 13, a mpox patient, at a treatment centre … Read more

Monkeypox, Mpox, Global Mpox Outbreak Risk Escalates As Potent Strain Spreads In Congo

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Monkeypox, Mpox, Global Mpox Outbreak Risk Escalates As Potent Strain Spreads In Congo

Mpox has mostly been confined to developing countries for years. In May of this year, the World Health Organization announced the end of the global health emergency related to mpox, about a year after the disease, previously known as monkeypox, began spreading globally. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attributed the decision to declining global case … Read more