In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.

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The UK has seen cases of mpox since then, mainly caused by clade 2, a strain that spreads through close skin-to-skin contact ...

AP reports on the new U.K. cluster, noting that scientists say public risk remains low. Other global health news is on cigarettes in the U.K., a social media ban in Australia, the future of cancer ...

Compared with emergency department and primary care settings, clinics where sexual health assessment was routine had the highest quality of care indicators for mpox evaluation. Patients with mpox ...

Since the current outbreak of mpox clade I began in eastern DR Congo in 2023, there has been a rapid increase in cases, primarily in DR Congo, and spread of the monkeypox virus to other countries in ...

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections ...

The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health watchdog ...

Shares of Emergent Biosolutions climbed after the company reported an increase in revenue and swung to a profit in the third quarter. The stock was up 28% to $11.81 in Thursday afternoon trading.

Emergent BioSolutions raised its revenue guidance and dropped a going concern warning. Its CEO is billing this next chapter ...

Africa's main public health body said it is seeking assurances that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will ...

Mpox strains are still mutating, further raising the risk of spread both in Africa and globally, Africa Centres for Disease ...