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Gambia declares mpox outbreak

The Gambia reported an outbreak of mpox Tuesday with detection of a single case, as several nearby countries have recorded ...
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Gambia Confirms First Case of Mpox Amid Rising West African Outbreaks

The Gambian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday the detection of the country’s first mpox case, bringing heightened attention to the regional ...
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Sierra Leone declares monkeypox public health emergency

Sierra Leone faces a Clade II mpox outbreak, driving urgent health action and global calls for vaccine and response support.

Guinea reports more than 200 mpox cases since first detection

The number of mpox cases in Guinea since an outbreak was first detected has passed 200, health officials told AFP Friday, ...
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Mozambique reports its first mpox cases of the year as infections rise in parts of Africa

Yap Boum, PhD, MPH, deputy incident manager for Africa CDC's mpox response, said Mozambique's three cases involve two men and ...

WHO Extended Global Emergency Status of MPox Epidemic – Development of Treatment for MPox with NV-387 is Timely, Says NanoViricides

SHELTON, CONNECTICUT / ACCESS Newswire / July 16, 2025 / NanoViricides, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE American:NNVC) ...

US to destroy almost $10m in contraceptives rather than send abroad for women in need

The Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7 million (€8.34m) worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to ...
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Battling Lassa Fever: Liberia’s Strides in Preparedness and Response

Monrovia-Liberia: In the shadow of a global pandemic that dominated health headlines for years, a persistent threat quietly continues to challenge West Africa. Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic ...