The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology announces its first rapid Mpox test kit, designed to provide fast and cost-effective results in just one hour, transforming ...

Immunity against mpox may be waning for those vaccinated with the modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN; Jynneos) vaccine.

The vaccination campaign in the country worst hit by the virus began on Saturday. The DRC has already recorded about 1,000 ...

A lack of the most basic medical supplies is driving thousands of people towards Uganda’s fragile health system ...

Press Release - In light of the ongoing Mpox and Marburg virus outbreaks, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and ...

The start of vaccinations begins to address a huge inequity that left African countries with no access to the two shots used ...

Today, the INTREPID Alliance, a consortium of innovative biopharmaceutical companies dedicated to accelerating antiviral treatments to help protect the world ahead of future pandemics, released its ...

The Uganda Prisons Services has suspended visitations at Nakasongola Prisons after registering a positive Mpox ...

Mpox is caught through close contact. If you get infected, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms ...

Mpox cases have hit 24 in Nakasongola, up from 18 reported on October 3, prompting the district authorities to ban prison ...

Africa's dependence on imported vaccines was starkly illustrated by the Covid pandemic. But faced with recurrent outbreaks of ...

Biopharmaceutical company, Siga Technologies (SIGA.O) has made its first commercial sale of its mpox therapy in Africa, supplying the antiviral treatment Tpoxx to Morocco, Reuters reported. This ...