Tag: mpox
Sex workers are hit hard by Congo's mpox outbreak but say their only option is to keep working
KAMITUGA, Congo -- It's been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she's still struggling...
First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo -- Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday,...
WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
DAKAR, Senegal -- The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan...
Mpox is on the rise in L.A. County. Here's how to avoid it
New cases of mpox in Los Angeles County rose considerably in the last two weeks, local health officials said Monday. The “concerning...