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The hands of a patient with skin rashes caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment center of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo August 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo

WHO approves Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine for adolescents

The WHO said in a statement that it gave the Jynneos vaccine prequalification for adolescents on Oct. 8

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WHO SEARO launches initiative to promote mental health at work

WHO, multilateral development banks launch $1.5 bln primary health financing platform

A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in next few days: WHO

A woman carries a child while doctors examine children at Nasser Hospital as United Nations officials are preparing to launch a polio vaccination campaign on Sunday that will rely on a series of limited pauses in fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

UN to vaccinate Gaza's children against polio during pauses in fighting

Air pollution shortens life expectancy in Bangladesh by average 4.8 years: WHO

A person holds doses of Bavarian Nordic's Imvanex vaccine, used to protect against mpox virus, at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris, France July 27, 2022. Photo: Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

WHO says partners can start talks to buy mpox vaccines before its approval

A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

WHO boss calls for $135 million to stop mpox outbreak

An undated colorized scanning electron micrograph of mpox virus (red) on the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (green), captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS

Mpox is not the new COVID: WHO official

A laboratory nurse takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

Congo hopes to receive first mpox vaccines by next week

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File Photo: AFP

UN chief calls for assurances of humanitarian ceasefires for polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa as outbreak spreads

Dr Tresor Wakilongo, verifies the evolution of skin lesions on the ear of Innocent, suffering from Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo 19 July 2024. Photo: Reuters

Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?