Mpox is no longer an international health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said on Friday, after experts reported falls in infections from the dangerous disease in hot spots across ...

WHO has lifted the global health emergency status for Mpox after a steady decline in cases, but urges countries to remain ...

While we are removing the emergency, we need to keep the urgency,’ says independent panel of experts for the WHO.

The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in August 2024 after a two-pronged mpox epidemic broke out ...

The World Health Organization no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency, the U.N. agency's director said Friday. The new form of mpox emerged in early ...

GENEVA: Mpox no longer represents a global public health emergency, the WHO said on Friday (Sep 5), following a steady decline in cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other ...

The infectious disease mpox, which is particularly prevalent in Africa, is no longer an international health emergency, the ...

In August 2024, the news came in quick succession. On Tuesday — Aug. 13, 2024 — Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a public health emergency of continental concern. The ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox international public health emergency (PHEIC) over for a second time. WHO’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on 5 ...

Since January 10, 2025, when Sierra Leone confirmed its first case of mpox, and the disease declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization in 2022, the ...

One year ago, the World Health Organization triggered its highest health alert over an outbreak of mpox. The disease, also known as monkeypox, was spreading in several countries in Africa. The WHO ...