Healthcare workers in Democratic Republic of Congo get mpox shots as the country's vaccination campaign expands:: Liwro, ...

Congolese health officials launched their first mpox vaccination campaign on Saturday, 5 October 2024 - a key step in efforts ...

In a proactive response to the current Monkeypox outbreak in the country, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its first vaccination campaign against mpox in the eastern city of Goma, which was hit the hardest by an outbreak.

Mpox is caught through close contact. If you get infected, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear. They commonly include cold and flu-like symptoms such as a fever, ...

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

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with ...

Over the past decade, decreasing vaccination rates now threaten the huge beneficial impacts of vaccinations in the U.S. and globally. Researchers discuss the multifactorial barriers including ...

Vaccines to prevent common and serious infectious diseases have had a greater impact on improving human health than any other medical advance of the 20th century, surpassing even sanitation and ...

Mpox: Uganda is also on high alert for possible cross-border transmission of the highly infectious Marburg virus from an ...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced the commencement of a Mpox vaccination exercise in response to the ongoing outbreak in Nigeria.  The initiative will begin in ...