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Category: Monkeypox

Senegal reports mpox case, patient in isolation

Reuters Senegal authorities said they had detected a case of mpox in a foreign man who arrived in the West African country last week. The health ministry said it was the first case it had detected this year. It was not immediately clear how many cases, if any, had been reported there before January. “The […]

Aug 27, 2025

Mount Sinai Breakthrough: Potent Antibodies Open Path to Mpox Therapies

Mt Sinai A team from the Microbiology Department at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has discovered three powerful monoclonal antibodies from a person who had previously been infected with mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). These antibodies, which target the viral protein A35, blocked viral spread in laboratory in vitro tests and, most […]

Aug 27, 2025

Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone’s terrifying mpox outbreak

Telegraph More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease. Inside a quarantine zone on the edge of a military hospital, a 32-year-old man with lesions all over his body is losing his battle with disease. Ibrahim Turay, a construction worker […]

Aug 13, 2025

Ghana records first Mpox death as cases surge

Medical Express Ghana has recorded its first death from Mpox, health authorities confirmed Sunday, amid a sharp rise in new infections in the West African country. Twenty-three new cases have been confirmed in the past week, bringing the total number of infections to 257 since the virus was first detected in Ghana in June 2022. […]

Jul 30, 2025

Gambia declares mpox outbreak

Daily News The Gambia reported an outbreak of mpox on July 22 with detection of a single case, as several nearby countries have recorded recent increases in infections. Mpox remains an international health emergency, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) director said last month, amid a rise in west Africa. “A case of mpox has been detected in the country through the […]

Jul 23, 2025

West Africa’s Clade II Mpox Outbreak Expands

Vax Before Travel The WHO Director-General recently determined that the upsurge of mpox cases in Africa continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern and issued temporary recommendations to States Parties as of July 10, 2025. The first human case of mpox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, […]

Jul 23, 2025

Mozambique sees surge in mpox cases

aa.com Mozambique has confirmed a surge in cases of the mpox virus during the past 48 hours in parts of the country. According to a report by the National Directorate of Public Health made available Tuesday, the country has recorded 11 cases, but no deaths have been reported so far. Niassa is said to be […]

Jul 16, 2025

Increased testing is needed for Mpox in DR Congo to urgently curb disease spread

Nature The low testing rates of Mpox suspected cases remain a key factor in the continued spread of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries. Here, we highlight the causes, as well as the challenges and strategies needed to curb the spread of the current uncontrolled Mpox outbreak in the […]

Jul 9, 2025

Mpox virus spreads from cell-to-cell and leads to neuronal death in human neural organoids

Nature In 2022-23, the world witnessed the largest recorded outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPXV). Neurological manifestations were reported alongside the detection of MPXV DNA and MPXV-specific antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients. Here, we analyze the susceptibility of neural tissue to MPXV using human neural organoids (hNOs) exposed to a clade IIb isolate. We […]

Jul 2, 2025

Ghana confirms 34 new Mpox cases, total rises to 79

Africa News Ghana has reported 34 new cases of Mpox, raising the total number of confirmed infections to 79. Four patients are currently hospitalised, and contact tracing is ongoing. The Ghana Health Service says more than ten regions have been affected, prompting nationwide surveillance. Authorities are urging the public to seek medical attention if they […]

Jun 11, 2025