A new variant of human mpox has claimed the lives of approximately 5% of people with reported infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2023, many of them children. Since then, it has ...

Researchers have developed an optical biosensor that detects the virus that causes mpox. The technology could make diagnosis much faster and cost-effective as the disease continues to spread worldwide ...

Last month the World Health Organization approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox called the Alinity m MPXV ...

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International: The vaccine, called Orthopoxvac, was developed by the Vektor laboratory in Siberia and registered by Russia's health ministry in 2022 following clinical trials, which, according to ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has approved the first locally-made diagnostic test for mpox, as the agency aims to stem outbreaks of the lethal disease on the continent.