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While WHO and Africa CDC declare public health emergencies over mpox, questions of vaccine access are critical

 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says more important cases in Europe is ‘highly likely’

A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency said Saturday.

THE first case of Polio has been confirmed in Gaza, as aid groups prepare to deliver a mass vaccination programme ...

The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak

Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak is centered on the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the disease has…

Sweden and Pakistan have both reported cases of mpox days after the WHO declared the virus an ’emergency’.

A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization

Professor urges those at risk to get jab or reduce number of sexual partners to cut chance of infection

Health officers in the region are in high alert as cases for the year reach 49 in the country. This is the situation in Mexico and the rest of North America.

Hamas says it supports UN request to halt the fighting to allow a vaccination campaign for children against polio.