The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency, as U.S. health officials continued to warn about the risk of its spread. The WHO issued an emergency for ...

WHO previously declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency in July 2022 and ended that declaration in May 2023. Mpox is characterized by two genetic clades, I and II.

Earlier this week, Africa’s top public health body similarly declared mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, an emergency after warning that the viral infection was spreading at an alarming rate ...

Fact checked by Nick BlackmerFact checked by Nick Blackmer Key Takeaways The World Health Organization declared mpox to be a global health threat for the second time in three years.A surge of mpox ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the escalating transmission of mpox in Africa constitutes a global health emergency, warning that the virus could potentially spread ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency after the virus reached more than 70 countries around the world. WHO Director General Tedros ...

The WHO ended the global health emergency for mpox on Thursday, saying that while the virus continues to spread internationally, steady progress has been made in controlling the outbreak.

It's taken our global and domestic public health authorities two years more to formally acknowledge that for most Americans, the COVID-19 emergency has been long over. Start your day with Reason .

The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus a global health emergency, an acknowledgement of the risk the virus poses to countries beyond its origin in ...

WHO declares mpox a global health emergency as African outbreak grows This follows an earlier emergency declaration for a 2022-23 global outbreak. The rapid spread of a new form of mpox across ...

The continuing spread of monkeypox has prompted the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency. WSJ’s Denise Roland explains what you need to know about the outbreak. Photo ...