Mpox outbreak in Africa prompts WHO to declare public health emergency, with first case confirmed in Canada.

GENEVA, Switzerland | Xinhua | The upsurge of mpox continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The decision, made at a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee, is based on the rising number and continuing geographic spread of cases, operational challenges in the …

Rising numbers, geographic spread contribute to call for emergency of international concern