Mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is rapidly spreading in several African countries, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health emergency.
The US authorities have reported the first-ever case of an H5 strain of avian influenza without a known occupational exposure to sick or infected animals in the country.
On Wednesday 14th August, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the rapidly emerging mpox outbreak in Africa had become a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC