The Latest Breaking News from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Cases of the disease have been seen in 13 different countries

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa was now a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation.

Officials say new fast-spreading variant has been detected in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.

The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency

The head of the World Health Organization has said he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency.

Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.

The World Health Organization will soon convene a committee to decide if the ongoing mpox outbreak constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern."

The global health body says virus could spread even beyond Gaza if violence does not end to enable immunisation push.

The head of the World Health Organization says he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency

With three out of four Europeans planning on travelling over the summer, the era of border closures, mandatory testing and vaccine certificates seems a half-remembered nightmare to many. But with more than 1,700 people still dying every week across the world from Covid-19 and vaccine coverage declining among at-risk populations,…

World Health Organization chief Tedros says 8,000 children under age five in Gaza diagnosed with acute malnutrition.