One of the first people to be diagnosed with mpox in Burundi, his problems underline the challenges facing Africa's second-worst affected country in its fight against the disease. The father of ...

The UK has reported its first cluster of a new, more infectious mpox variant outside Africa with four cases identified.

Mr Irambona has mpox. He is one of the more than 170 confirmed cases recorded since last month in Burundi. One of the poorest countries in the world, it borders the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the ...

The World Health Organization declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern.” The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hardest hit, though Burundi has also seen a recent ...

Of 154 cases that tested positive for mpox in Burundi, which borders eastern Congo, from July 3 to Sept. 9 the median age was 9.5 years, researchers said in a study released Oct. 17 in the ...

Geneva: Youngsters have been especially impacted by mpox outbreaks raging in Africa, with children under five accounting for nearly a third of cases in Burundi, the UN children's agency said Friday.

Eric Mbonigaba recovered from mpox after four weeks in hospital but the Burundian motorcycle taxi driver says he has since fallen victim to stigma surrounding the disease and risks losing his home ...