The Latest Breaking News from WHO

Response to virus made harder by lack of knowledge and humanitarian crisis that has forced people into crowded displacement camps

The continent will belatedly get 10,000 shots amid criticism of delays to the process caused by WHO red tape

The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox

As African health authorities plead for vaccines, more cases outside the continent are being reported

New, potentially more deadly strain of virus is rapidly spreading in Africa and has been discovered in Asia and Europe.

Health authorities say patient travelled from Africa, instruct new arrivals from 42 ‘risk countries’ to undergo testing.

The new and deadlier mpox strain Clade 1B has been leading the current surge of infections across several countries, even outside the African continent. As Thailand, Philippines, Sweden, Pakistan and a range of African countries report an outbreak of the zoonotic disease, it has been declared a global health emergency…

As the festive season nears, the concern around viral infection increases. With several pathogens on loose, and monkeypox being declared as a global emergency, it is of utmost importance to practice hygiene especially if you have immunocompromised, elderly people and kids staying with you.

The Gaza Strip's first recorded polio case in 25 years has health workers and aid agencies grappling with the steep obstacles to conducting mass vaccination in the war-torn Palestinian territory.